# TTAB Rulings: April 2026

> Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decisions tracked this month, week by week.

- [Showing a new brand before it launches does not count as use in commerce](https://distinctive-mark.com/rulings/in-re-everwise-credit-union/index.md): Reexamination lets anyone challenge a registration on the ground that the mark was not really in use when the owner said it was. This precedent shows that a specimen can look acceptable and still fail, because the Board will read it against the owner's later announcements and the absence of any oth… (2026-04-29)