WILD GALILEO trademark cancelled, Gynex beats imed

The TTAB granted Gynex Corporation's petition and cancelled Registration No. for WILD GALILEO owned by imed medical GmbH. This removes the defendant's federal trademark registration and eliminates their presumptive ownership rights to that designation. The defendant may no longer use the ® symbol with WILD GALILEO and loses the ability to invoke statutory trademark protections in infringement disputes.\n\nFor Gynex Corporation, the successful cancellation clears the way for potential competing use of similar marks in the medical/healthcare sector. For imed medical GmbH, the company must immediately discontinue use of the mark on goods and promotional materials, update any existing inventory labels, and cannot enforce trademark rights against infringing third parties using the same or confusingly similar marks. The cancellation does not preclude the parties from pursuing separate infringement litigation in federal court.