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More than 83,000 product comparisons
with cites to USPQ, unpublished TTAB decisions,
and TTAB proceeding numbers
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One of the biggest problems facing trademark attorneys who deal with selecting new
trademarks, prosecuting trademark applications in the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO),
or litigating trademark rights is determining whether a client’s mark used to identify a
particular product might be “confusingly similar” to another mark used to identify other
products. Products Comparison Manual for Trademark Users guides practitioners
through both the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (TTAB) and the courts’ findings on
similarity of products for trademark uses—and it has been for more than two decades. This
handy reference makes 84 years of Board decisions readily accessible to practitioners for
use in trademark infringement proceedings and for trademark registration matters.
The Third Edition together with the 2014 Supplement contains more than 83,000
product comparisons, decided by the courts and TTAB. It also includes citations for every
comparison, making it easy to find decisions on the PTO website or in Bloomberg BNA’s
U.S. Patents Quarterly.
To help practitioners conduct the most complete search possible of similar products,
the authors have analyzed the findings of the courts and/or the Board in order to impose
editorial uniformity on the descriptions of products listed in the cases and have assigned
U.S. Class numbers to each product. The Third Edition covers TTAB proceedings through
December 31, 2012, including 3,300 comparisons from that year alone.
The 2014 Supplement covers TTAB proceedings through December 31, 2013, and
contains 3,100 new comparisons.
The accompanying CD-ROM fully incorporates the new data from each annual update into
the Third Edition, providing one seamless data file spanning 84 years of TTAB action.
Virtually all of the product comparisons are provided on the CD-ROM, allowing for electronic
searching and linking, in most cases, to the full text decisions either on the PTO’s TTAB
Decisions website or, for Bloomberg BNA subscribers, on the IP Law Resource Center.
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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
• Preface
• Introduction
• How to Use This Book
• List of Abbreviations
• Finder Index of U.S.
Classes in Appendix
• List of Products
Compared
• Appendix: Listing of
All Products/Services
Under U.S. Classes
• U.S. Classes
about the authors
Francis M. Pinckney, retired, was Of Counsel for K&L Gates LLP, Charlotte, N.C., where
he focused his practice solely on intellectual property. Mr. Pinckney earned his law degree
from the The George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. He was
selected to the North Carolina Super Lawyers in 2007, 2008, and 2009.
David R. Higgins is with the firm of Tillman Wright, PLLC, Charlotte, N.C., where his
areas of practice include patent and trademark law, with a particular focus on patent
preparation and prosecution.
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How To Use The Manual
A client has developed computer software specifically for pharmacists and wants
to name the product “MedFind”. A search confirms that MEDFIND is a registered
trademark, but it is registered for an ultrasound machine.
Five questions immediately come to mind:
1. Are computer software and a diagnostic apparatus so closely related as to cause
confusion?
2. Have the courts or the Board compared these products for trademark purposes?
3. Were they held similar or dissimilar?
4. What is the citation number so that the decisions can be located in United States
Patents Quarterly or on the PTO website?
5. How should you advise your client?
The Products Comparison Manual for Trademark Users provides an instant
index to all the answers:
Sample Entry—Quickly Locate All Products Under
Consideration, the Board’s Holding, and the Citation
Product/Service (Class No.)
Compared to (Class No.)
Holding
Cite
Computers (26)
Computer software (26) 1
Computer software, distribution
services (100)
Computer software, electrical
distribution (26)
Computer software, financial (26)
Computer software, information
storage (26)
Computer software, interfacing (26)
Computer software, leasing
services (100)
Computer software, medical (26)
Modules, multi-port (26)
Books, technology (38)
Computer software
accounting (26)
Data processing services
(101)
Banking services (102) 2
Computer software, data
transmission (26)
Computer software (26)
Computer software,
accounting (26)
Ultrasound diagnostic
apparatus (44)
Computer software,
spreadsheet (26)
Computer software,
graphic display (26)
S
S
D
74459297
74596434
1160:83—OG
D
S
S
23:1460—
PQ2
3:1561—PQ2
1135:21—OG
D
D
74518782
91100151
D 3
75141467
D
74612608
S
74621349 4
Computer software, medical (26)
Computer software, server design
(26)
1 Find the Product
Cross-references make it easy. Plus, the U.S. Class number (according to the PTO
system) is in parentheses.
2 Related Product(s) Compared by Court or Board
See virtually every reported product comparison case since 1929.
3 Were the Products Found Similar (“S”) or Dissimilar (“D”)?
At a glance, find the basis of insightful research without researching headnotes.
4 Cites for Details
In addition to all relevant decisions reported since 1929 in U.S. Patents Quarterly,
locate cites to unreported rulings of the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (TTAB)
as summarized in the PTO’s Official Gazette.
Complete Coverage
Check the Appendix—an exhaustive list of products and services—for other closely related
categories compared in the book.
SECONDARY TRADEMARK
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By Jane Coleman and Griffith B. Price, Jr.
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Griffith B. Price, Jr., is senior counsel at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett &
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