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Despite Fame of "RE/MAX," TTAB Finds No Likelihood of Confusion with "SAVEMAX REALTY"

An opposer who proves its mark famous usually wins in a Section 2(d) opposition, particulary when the parties' goods or services are identical. Not this time. The Board dismissed an opposition to registration of the mark bSAVEMAX REALTY/b in the logo form shown below, finding it not likely to cause confusion with the famous mark bRE/MAX/b, both for real estate brokerage services ema href="http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/ttabvue-91175272-OPP-28.pdf"RE/MAX International Inc. v. Somraj Singh/a/em, Opposition No. 91175272 (December 10, 2008) [not precedential].br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ef_M4U2nwus/SU-uQHf51HI/AAAAAAAACgw/LM1-q71koXo/s1600-h/SAVEMAX.jpg"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 118px;" src="http://3...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on December 23, 2008 (boomark / email).