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Seattle Mariners Torpedo Application for "M'S USA" for Clothing

The Hot Stove League remained in action over the holiday, with the Seattle Mariners finally winning something. The Mariners opposed the application of New York City's Components by John McCoy, Inc.to register the mark M'S USA" for various clothing items. On Christmas Day, the Board issued an order sustaining the opposition after Applicant had filed a voluntary abandonment of its application without consent. The Baseball Club of Seattle, Inc. v. Components by John McCoy, Inc., Opposition No.91186390.As usual, the Mariners claimed that the applied-for mark would likely cause confusion, or create a false association, with several of their registered "M" design marks (see below). [The Mariners own a registration for the letter "S" in standard character form for caps, but not for the letter M alone...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on December 26, 2009 (boomark / email).