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Fur Flies at TTAB: Playboy Wins Cancellation of "BUNNY" Registration for Clothing and Handbags

There was no need for Playboy Enterprises to pull a rabbit out of a hat to win this cancellation proceeding. The TTAB readily found Respondent's mark BUNNY for various handbag and clothing items likely to cause confusion with Playboy's "Bunny logo" mark for certain clothing items, billfolds, and card cases. The Board also agreed with Playboy that Respondent did not use her mark for all the identified goods, but it declined to invalidate the registration in its entirety on that ground. Playboy Enterprises International, Inc. v. Diane Dickson dba Bunny, Cancellation No. 92047717 (September 21, 2010) [not precedential].Likelihood of Confusion: The Board focused its analysis on Playboy's common law use of its Bunny logo for headwear, neckwear, and t-shirts, and on two of its registrations for that logo, one for ties and men's shirts and the other for billfolds and card cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on October 29, 2010 (boomark / email).