Snap Inc. the creator of the messaging app Snapchat, sued the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Wednesday in California Central District Court in connection with the company’s ‘Spectacles’ product, a wearable digital video camera and augmented reality device. The suit, brought by Debevoise & Plimpton, challenges a Nov. 2021 decision from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board refusing to register the ‘Spectacles’ mark. The case is 2:22-cv-00085, Snap Inc. v. Hirshfeld, in his capacity as Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al.

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