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Precedential No. 53: TTAB Decides Ownership Dispute over "JOYCE" for Dance Theater and Charitable Services

Once again the landlord bested the tenant, this time in a service mark ownership battle. Finding that the landlord (Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc.) is the owner the marks and that the tenant (The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.) used the marks under an implied license, the Board sustained an opposition to one application, and a petitioner for cancellation of five registrations, for the mark bJOYCE/b (in various forms) for dance theater and charitable fund raising services. ema href="http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/ttabvue-92042019-CAN-85.pdf"Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc. v. The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc./a/em, Opposition No. 91180789 and Cancellation No. 92042019 (December 11, 2008) [not precedential].br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on December 17, 2008 (boomark / email).