In Re Bayou Grande Coffee Roasting (Fed. Cir., December 9, 2025) 2024-1118
This episode presents an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding an appeal filed by Bayou Grande Coffee Roasting Co. concerning the registration of the trademark KAHWA. The court reviewed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's decision, which had affirmed the examiner's refusal to register KAHWA for use in cafés and coffee shops. The initial refusals were based on arguments that KAHWA was generic or merely descriptive because it meant "coffee" in Arabic or referred to a specific Kashmiri green tea, but the Federal Circuit ultimately reversed the…
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