50 Years After Pioneering Vaginal Care Branding, Combe Fends Off Similar Competing Trademark

Attorneys for Combe tell HBW Insight that the USPTO appeal board’s decision recognizes the marketplace power of a popular brand like Vagisil. Marke Enterprises' proposed Vagisert trademark for similar product was rejected. 

The US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board agreed with Vagisil feminine care product marketer Combe Inc. that Marke Enterprises LLC’s proposed trademark Vagisert for its vaginal antifungal preparation would case marketplace confusion and its registration should be rejected.

The Patent and Trademark Office board’s decision protecting the Vagisil brand from competitors with names that could confuse consumers was...

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