Traffix Jam – Technical Functionality Prevents Trademark Protection for the Color Pink

CERAMTEC GMBH v. COORSTEK BIOCERAMICS LLC - Before Lourie, Taranto, and Stark.  Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. A utility patent may still be considered strong evidence of a claimed trade dress’s functionality even if the patent does not describe the same goods or explicitly discloses the trade dress in the claim....
By: Knobbe Martens


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