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"HYBRID HEAVE" Not Merely Descriptive of Deep-Water Energy Storage System, Says TTAB

Concluding that the term "hybrid" provides little, if any, useful information regarding Applicant's goods, and that the term "heave" is at most indirectly related to the goods, the Board jettisoned a Section 2(e)(1) refusal to register the mark HYBRID HEAVE, finding the mark not merely descriptive of an "energy storage and recovery system for active heave comprised primarily of a machine flywheel and a motor-generator for generating electricity" in class 7. In re Williams, Serial No. 77100894 (December 30, 2008) [not precedential].Applicant's goods are used in offshore shipboard drilling operations, using flywheels to store energy. The Examining Attorney argued that HYBRID refers to the fact that the goods combine two or more technologies, and that HEAVE refers to the environment in which the goods are used: i...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on January 08, 2009 (boomark / email).