TTAB
On September 18, 2026, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board denied the defendants' summary-judgment motion in Cancellation No. 92063134. Bloomberg and Law360 report a first-impression ruling that tribal sovereign immunity does not bar a TTAB challenge to a federal registration. This is not a final cancellation.
TTABVUE lists Cancellation No. 92063134 with Philip Morris USA Inc. as the petitioner and IP Services International Inc. and Sycuan Tribal Development Corporation as the defendants. The September 18, 2026 docket entry denies the defendants' motion for summary judgment.
It is not a final cancellation. Denying summary judgment does not cancel the registrations. The case is still a cancellation proceeding, and the merits are not decided by that motion.
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