ARE Trademark Law Alert Federal Circuit Reverses Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Holding that Providing Software May Constitute Providing a Service

On December 12, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in In re: Jobdiva, Inc., vacating the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) which cancelled JobDiva’s trademark registrations in connection with “personnel placement and recruitment services” based on abandonment.  The Court vacated the Board’s […]