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In Stinging Reversal, TTAB Finds "SOLIGA FOREST HONEY" Not Confusingly Similer to "FOREST HONEY" Design Mark

Just two days after oral argument, the Board issued its decision in In re Himalaya Global Holdings, Ltd., Serial No. 77117183 (May 14, 2010) [not precedential], reversing a Section 2(d) refusal of the mark SOLIGA FOREST HONEY for honey [FOREST HONEY disclaimed]. The Examining Attorney had found the mark confusingly similar to the registered mark FOREST HONEY & Design for honey [HONEY disclaimed], but the Board found that not to bee the case.Applicant stated that SOLIGA ?refers to a tribal group living in the forest regions of the Karnataka State of India,? and that SOLIGA FOREST "has no significance in the relevant trade or industry or as applied to the goods/services listed in the application, no geographical significance, nor any meaning in a foreign language...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on May 18, 2010 (boomark / email).