Five Dogs Law

@WarMonitor3 This is going to really upset racists.

France to issue 250,000 Visas to Algeria a year according to the Ambassador.

@TVietor08 In hindsight, it's easy to say that I shouldn't have invested my life savings in Melania Coin. But at only 8 dollars per Melania Coin and only 1 billion in existence, I firmly believe it was a smart risk to take. Sometimes you just get unlucky.

Link to report: nytimes.com/2026/07/04/us/…

A million Trump fans and crypto investors fleeced for $3.8 BILLION on Trump coin alone

@kyleichan I don't understand the obsession with the humanoid aspect. There's no way the human body is the optimal shape for a machine to perform these services.

Literally like something from The Matrix Imagine paying $10 and having your humanoid robot suddenly cook like a Michelin-starred chef

@CREWcrew Four months later and Godzilla *still* hasn't filed his employment authorization letter. How can the people of Japan trust that he is acting in their best interest?

Four months later and Jared Kushner *still* hasn't filed his legally required public financial disclosures or divested from any conflicting assests. How can the public trust that he is working in their best interest? citizensforethics.org/legal-action/l…

@dtbisme @NateSilver538 Or even worse than that...

@5DogsLaw @NateSilver538 Or even worse than that, if you're spending your time thinking about him spending his time thinking about how others might be spending their time thinking about the reflecting pool.

There's the World Cup and a whole bunch of other shit going on, please seek out a therapist if you're spending more than a few moments thinking about the White House Reflecting Pool.

@TheStalwart Jacob must be the most terrifying person in the world to try crack jokes in front of. Off the charts risk. Well done.

And here's video of us talking about tomatoes and you can see that Jacob brought a delicious box of snacking tomatoes for us, and it was insanely difficult to just not eat the entire box while sitting there. youtube.com/watch?v=pUrIlU…

WHY THE PRICE OF TOMATOES IS GOING BANANAS On the new Odd Lots, @tracyalloway and I talk to Baldor’s SVP of Procurement and Merchandising Jacob Krempel about how a combo of drought and tariffs caused the tomato market to go nuts open.spotify.com/episode/6hymTW…

The Houston Comets are coming back to the WNBA in 2027. The @WNBA is currently fighting a trademark battle over ownership of the name. It's a fight the WNBA could have avoided. linkedin.com/pulse/wnbas-ho…

All legal fees earned by Five Dogs Law ultimately go to Reggie, Mrs. Five Dogs Law, and the rest of the doggos. Thinking about registering a trademark with the USPTO? Book a free consultation here: cal.com/five-dogs-law-…

Happy Tuesday everyone. Here's a dose of happiness to brighten your feed. It's Ralph, one of our six dogs, and me at sunset on a tropical beach. I'm so grateful to be alive at a time when remote work is possible :)

A new post on the Five Dogs Law trademark blog breaks down In re Wilson Carter, an April 2026 TTAB decision affirming a likelihood of confusion refusal. It explains the four arguments that didn't land and why a registration for a stylized version of the applicant's trademark that pre-dated the cited marks didn't save the application. fivedogslaw.com/blog/in-re-wil…

A great day at the beach for the doggos. Make it a great day for your brand as well by booking a free consultation to discuss brand protection! Book via fivedogslaw.com

Establishing relatedness between food products and restaurants for the purpose of a likelihood of confusion analysis requires "something more" than that evidence that similar marks are used for both. TMEP § 1207.01(a)(ii)(A) addresses this directly and cases like In re Coors Brewing Co. explain the reasoning behind the rule. Nevertheless, there is some ambiguity as to what satisfies "something more." The TTAB's opinion from In re Daily Harvest Café released earlier this month (April 2026) was labeled as non-precedential, but nevertheless helps clarify the "something more" requirement. If you're applying to register a mark for a food product or restaurant, it's worth a read. Or, just read my blog post about it! fivedogslaw.com/blog/food-prod…

@TheStalwart Must be rare to be a woman named Golfball and still feel like you got the better deal in the family, name wise.

@5DogsLaw In college, there was a friend in our circle named Golfball and her sister was named Soy Sauce

I had a Thai friend in 4th grade named Film. His dad worked for Kodak.

@AndrewFeinberg Just wild that he added the ticker symbol

POTUS flogging individual stocks now — who at the White House bought before this post?

The @ufc recently proved to be the BMFs of the TTAB, winning a trademark cancellation case by nonuse. To the massive audience with an interest in both the UFC and the nuances of establishing use in commerce at Trademark Trial and Appeal Board cancellation proceedings: this blog post is for you. fivedogslaw.com/blog/trademark…

Good news for anti-dentites! ...and also a lesson for anyone building a brand based on a professional credential. A dental brand called "Made By Dentists" just got told by the USPTO that "made by dentists" is too descriptive to trademark. The TTAB affirmed a disclaimer requirement last month, finding that when dentists design dental products and call them "made by dentists," consumers take that phrase at face value. It describes a characteristic of the goods, not a brand. It was especially clear here because the company's own website and retail listings used the phrase (and synonymous phrases) in its ordinary descriptive sense. I wrote up the case on the Five Dogs Law blog. The lesson for anyone building a brand is that if your name relies on a professional credential to signal quality, it's worth thinking through the descriptiveness question before you invest in it. fivedogslaw.com/blog/made-by-d…

Happy Friday! Here are some photos of Jackson, one of the dogs behind Five Dogs Law, to brighten up your day :)

Trademark applications are not just between the applicant and the USPTO. Anyone who thinks registration would harm them can initiate formal legal proceedings to oppose it. Here's a breakdown of the opposition process: fivedogslaw.com/blog/ttab-oppo…