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PT Medisafe Technologies v. United States Patent and Trademark Office
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2023-1573 · judgment April 29, 2025
Certiorari denied · November 24, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does the “generic name” requirement of the trademark statute, 15 U.S.C. § 1064(3), apply equally to all marks or is there a special rule for color trademarks?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Perry Reed Clark
Law Offices of Perry R. Clark
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Nov 24 2025Petition DENIED.
- Nov 05 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
- Oct 30 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States Patent and Trademark Office to respond filed.
- Oct 01 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 3, 2025)