Federal Circuit issues decision addressing whether, under the Lanham Act, a local government entity may obtain a federal trademark registration for the entity's official insignia: Both the City of Houston and the District of Columbia find themselves on the losing end of a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.
Previously, "The TTABlog" provided coverage of this matter in posts titled "TTAB Rules that Section 2(b) Bars Registration of a Government Entity's Own Official Insignia" and "CAFC Hears Oral Arguments in Houston and District of Columbia Section 2(b) Appeals."
You can access the rulings of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which the Federal Circuit affirmed today, here and here.