[コメント］単に記述的な（merely descriptive）商標に過ぎないか否かが争われた事件で、TTAB（審判部）は月の初めの火曜日に新しいscratch-offs（ロトの１つの形式）が始まるに直ぎないと判断し、特に指定商品や指定役務についての格別性（distinctiveness）も主張していないことから、自他商品識別力がないと判断しています。Distinctiveness of a mark in context of explanatory text is case-specific, turning on evidence of the public’s understanding or perception of a mark.
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