On May 13, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will expedite Issue Dates for patents. This will reduce the average time from three weeks to about two, so patent holders can bring their investments to market…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
TTAB sustains opposition based on reputation without use in the United States -
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Legal updates: case law analysis and intelligence -
The opponent, owner of Venezuelan company La Montserratina, opposed…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
The USPTO is restructuring its electronic trademark filing process by replacing the current TEAS Plus and TEAS Standard options with a single streamlined electronic application. Under the new system, the separate fees for TEAS…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a final rule setting out patent fee increases that will come into effect on January 19, 2025.
The USPTO states that costs justify an increase of 10% for…
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IN THREE COURT DECISIONS IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, two themes emerged: reading the contract before you sign and understanding the law that applies. In the first case, a court needed to decide which of two contracts controlled…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
In Airbnb Inc v Seth Bolt and Victoria Bolt, the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (TTAB) ruled in favour of opposer Airbnb Inc., against applicants Seth and Victoria Bolt. The board’s decision was influenced by, among other…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property
In MHCS v Les Grands Chais De France (Cancellation No 92075021, 8 March 2024), the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has granted a petition for cancellation brought by viticulture giant MHCS against a mark owned by the…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
On April 3, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a notice of rulemaking setting out the fees that it proposes for the fiscal year starting on September 29, 2024. Although the proposed fees are…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Ladas & Parry LLP considers diversity and inclusion as core values and principles that provide access to opportunity, maximization of expertise and a range of perspectives and ensures excellence, particularly in the IP field. We…
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Ladas & Parry LLP considers diversity and inclusion as core values and principles that provide access to opportunity, consolidation of expertise and range of perspectives and ensures excellence, particularly in the IP field. We…
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Update: The USPTO has now announced that February 5th, 2024 will now be the date for the Assignment Center to replace the Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)…
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Great Concepts has owned Registration No. 2929764 for DANTANNA’S, in association with “steak and seafood restaurant[s]”, since March 2005. In 2006 Chutter Inc’s predecessor-in-interest, Dan Tana, petitioned to cancel the mark…
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Communications from the European Patent Office (EPO), which include official actions, were originally sent by registered letter and the rules were written to take this into account and assumed that such communication would take…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
In Riseandshine Corporation v PepsiCo Inc (SDNY-1-21-cv-06324), plaintiff Riseandshine Corporation, doing business as Rise Brewing, brought three federal and two state claims relating to trademark infringement and unfair…
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In In re Palacio Del Rio Inc (Serial Nos 88412764 and 88437801), the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has issued an opinion affirming the refusal of two building design mark applications by Palacio Del Rio Inc (PDR) – a…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
