In Re the American Fertility Society (Now Known as American Society for Reproductive Medicine)

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• evidence of media use of applicant’s proposed mark included evidence of correction of article using mark as a generic term
• \The PTO must prove: (1) what the genus of the services the Society provides is….\
• SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE held not generic for association services in the field of reproductive medicine
• “AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION is certainly an apt name for a national association of lawyers”
• “AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION is certainly an apt name for a national association of lawyers”
• SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE not generic for association services in the field of reproductive medicine because where the mark is a phrase evidence that each separate term is generic is not sufficient

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