When a TTAB Case Depends on a Single Document: The Risks of Narrow Evidence
Can One Document Really Decide a TTAB Case? Imagine a business owner who has used a trademark for years. When another company applies to register a similar name, the owner files a trademark opposition with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). Confident in the company’s history, the owner submits an old invoice showing that the trademark appeared in a sale several years earlier. The invoice seems convincing. It contains a date, a product description,…