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GAO's Annual Bid Protest Report: Sustains on the Rise

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 12.20.16

On December 15, GAO released its “Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2016,” including its updated bid protest statistics that indicated a significant uptick in the sustain rate for FY2016. For a breakdown of the most important statistics and trends, check out our latest post on Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 12.30.25

Are All Baby Products Related? TTAB Says “No”

The United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB or Board) recently issued a refreshed opinion in the trademark dispute Naterra International, Inc. v. Samah Bensalem, where Naterra International, Inc. petitioned the TTAB to cancel Samah Bensalem’s registration for the mark BABIES' MAGIC TEA based on its own BABY MAGIC mark. On remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the TTAB reconsidered an expert’s opinion about relatedness of goods based on the concept of “umbrella branding” and found that the goods are unrelated and therefore again denied the petition for cancellation....