ECOTWEED Trademark Registration Rejected for Being “Deceptive”

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Intellectual Property

ECOTWEED Trademark Registration Rejected for Being “Deceptive”

The trademark ECOTWEED for use on footwear made from “a tweed-like material” cannot be registered, a U.S. trademark body recently decided. In an opinion early this month, a panel of administrative judges for the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB” or the ...

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