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Knobbe Martens

Minority Owners of a Trademark Registrant, Who neither Use nor Possess Ownership Rights in the Mark, Cannot Seek Cancellation of...

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Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Parties that own minority shares in the trademark registrant, but do not separately use or possess an ownership right in...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Search first!

There once was a company named Zotz, Which created toys for tots, The newest toy, named Ketter™, Recalled after a cease and desist letter, Oh my, no trademark search, CEO Zotz? First published in Inside magazine,...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - August 2023: How to Lose a Mark in 3 Ways – Part 3: Naked Licensing

Trademarks help brand owners build and communicate their brand’s reputation and value with the relevant public. Once that valuable goodwill is linked between a mark and the owner’s products and services, trademark owners can...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - August 2023

Thank you for reading the August 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we conclude our series that explores ways to lose trademark rights with an examination of naked licensing, discuss a...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - July 2023

Thank you for reading the July 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we continue our three-part series that closely examines ways to lose trademark rights with a discussion of genericide. We...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Prior Registration Puzzle: Overcoming Registration Refusals Based on Intervening Third-Party Marks

It’s a frustrating situation, to be sure, but fortunately you’re not without options. One of those options is arguing to the Trademark Office that your client’s Anchor Registration should entitle it to registration of its...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Someone Else’s Trademark in Your Way? Just Buy It.

Sometimes the quickest way out of something is straight through it. This advice holds true in life, and in trademarks. Those who deal with trademarks are familiar with obstacles to registration based on similar...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Trademark Modernization Act Of 2020 Is Enacted

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Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 Signed Into Law- On December 27, 2020, Congress signed the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (the “Act”), which had rare bipartisan support, into law. The Act makes substantive...more

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Alert On New USPTO Trademark Email Scam

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The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a new alert this week concerning fraudulent email messages which appear to be sent by the USPTO directly to trademark owners but are, in fact, sent by third parties...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

GC Survivor Kit - Beware of Third-Party Solicitation Notices

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If you own issued patents or trademark registrations in the United States, you are required to make certain filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to keep your patents and trademark registrations alive....more

Ladas & Parry LLP

USPTO Pilot Program Facilitates Third Party Notification Of TM Specimens Which Appear To Be Fabricated

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The USPTO has launched a new pilot program as a means for third parties to lodge informal protests about applications with specimens that appear to be improper. This pilot program is the latest in a series of steps taken by...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Grrrr . . . Paw Print Trademarks Can Co-Exist - Jack Wolfskin Ausrustung Fur Draussen GmbH & Company KGAA v. New Millennium...

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On appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB or Board), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the Board’s decision on the issue of likelihood of confusion with regard to two parties’ paw...more

Morgan Lewis

A Solution for Evolution in the Trademark Arena

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The USPTO’s Welcome Initiative for Technology-Driven Changes in Registered Trademark Use. Under a pilot program announced by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on September 1, 2015, trademark owners...more

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