In 2001, Chi-Chi's applied for a trademark on the word "salsafication" but was denied by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Likewise, if the application is opposed by a third party, the "opposition will be decided by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in 1999 ruled in favor of the petition and cancelled the trademarks.
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They are supported by a non-precedential 2003 Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision upholding the "Swiss Army" knife trademark.
In early 2008, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled in favor of Corporacion Habanos.
The ruling was overturned on Sept. 19 by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Marc Bergsman, current judge on the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
This may be appealed to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board affirmed the decision of the examiner that the mark was not inherently distinctive with one member of the panel dissenting.