Federal Circuit Says TTAB Erred In ‘House Mark’ Wine Trademark Analysis

( June 16, 2025, 3:08 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 13 sent a dispute over a proposed wine trademark back to the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB); the panel held that TTAB’s rejection of a wine company’s opposition to another wine entity’s proposed mark was based on an incorrect finding that both entities used their “house marks” within the marks at issue....