On August 19, 2015, the Federal Circuit once again faulted the Board for not giving sufficient weight to third-party registrations when assessing a mark’s strength, citing its recent decision in Juice Generation, Inc. v. GS Enters. LLC, No. 14-1853, 2015 WL 4400033 (Fed. Cir. July 20, 2015). The Board also clarified the standard for determining when changes to a mark result in abandonment of an earlier registered mark.
