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TTAB Finds "SPEEDOMETER" Generic for ... You'll Never Guess What

Aurel A. ("Alex") Astilean hit the proverbial wall in his attempt to obtain a Supplemental Registration for the term SPEEDOMETER for a "monitoring device worn on the person for tracking fitness of the walking and running exercises, and not concerned with the speed of the walking and running exercise." The Board barked, "not so fast, Mr. Astilean," and then proceeded to find the term to be generic for the goods. In re Astilean, Serial No. 76686920 (March 19, 2009) [not precedential]With little explanation, as usual, the Board deemed the genus of the goods to be "wearable fitness-tracking devices." As to the meaning of "speedometer," the Examining Attorney provided two dictionary definitions and several website excerpts. The definitions were basically identical: "1...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on April 13, 2009 (boomark / email).