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Precedential No. 46: TTAB Affirms 2(d) Refusals of "RSI" Design Mark for Ink Jet Printers

In a less than scintillating decision, the Board affirmed two Section 2(d) refusals of the mark RSI & Design (shown below) for ink jet printers and related paraphernalia, finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the mark RSI in standard character form, owned by different registrants, one for "printing machines" and the other for document imaging services. In re RSI Systems, LLC, Serial No. 78848532 (September 29, 2008) [precedential].RSI for "printing machines": As to the marks, the Board not surpringly found the letters RSI to be a prominent feature of Applicant's mark, and it concluded that "the literal portions of the marks are legally identical and the marks in their entirety are very similar in sound, appearance, meaning, and commercial impression...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on October 28, 2008 (boomark / email).