Organisation: Hitachi

In <I>In re Hitachi High-Technologies Corp</I>, the TTAB has affirmed the refusal to register Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation’s application for the mark OPTICROSS, based on a likelihood of confusion with registered OPTI marks owned by Optimize Technologies Inc. Among other things, the TTAB held that references to a family of marks do not belong in an <I>ex parte</I> proceeding.

07 March 2014

While questions remain over who has applied, how delegation will take place and who will run the trademark clearinghouse, one month into the gTLD application window, details of application patterns are becoming more apparent.

20 February 2012