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Trademark Fundamentals: Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings

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For startup founders, navigating the complexities of trademark law is essential for protecting your brand. An important aspect of this process involves understanding opposition and cancellation proceedings. These are formal...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Strike 1: Priority. Strike 2 :Likelihood of Confusion. Strike 3: You’re Out under Section 2(d).

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The Trademark Trial & Appeal Board affirmed the rejection of three trademark applications, finding that the applied-for marks would cause confusion with a record-setting major league baseball player. Major League Baseball...more

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CNIPA Issues Significant Draft Amendment to the PRC Trademark Law

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The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) circulated a draft amendment to the PRC Trademark Law (TML Draft Amendment) for public comment on January 13, 2023. The TML Draft Amendment is the product of...more

International Lawyers Network

Can Trademark Applications and Administrative Proceedings Subject a Foreign Applicant to Service or Jurisdiction in Court...

Suppose that you are a foreign applicant who either files a trademark application, opposition proceeding, or cancellation proceeding with the USPTO. Can this act of filing subject the foreign applicant to service of process...more

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The Basics of TTAB Cancellations

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TTAB Cancellation Actions: Terminating an Infringing Trademark Registration - You learn that another person or entity has a registered trademark at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) that is...more

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

MarkIt to Market® - August 2021: Tips for Navigating the Current Landscape at the USPTO

If you recently filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, you may have noticed that the average time to first action (initial examination) is about six months from the application’s filing date...more

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

MarkIt to Market® - August 2021: Persistence Pays Off – A Series of Monster Trademark Disputes

Monster Energy Co. (“Monster Energy”), frequent trademark plaintiff, recently found itself on the receiving end of a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by California company Outdoor Pro Shop, Inc. (“Pro Shop”). Pro Shop’s...more

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

MarkIt to Market® - August 2021

The August 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses Monster Energy's history of trademark disputes in the context of enhancing brand strength, tips for shortening the pendency of trademark filings...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Trademark Office Deadlines and Coronavirus-Related Delays

With all of the business interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many worldwide trademark offices have taken steps to recognize the issues caused by the crisis. The offices in which applicants from the U.S. most...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The TTAB Issued a TKO to a Licensee’s Claim of Priority

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When two boxing companies sparred before the TTAB, the gloves came off—and that wasn’t only because the dispute concerned a trademark registration for boxing gloves. In Moreno v. Pro Boxing Supplies, Inc., the petitioner,...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

U.S. Trademark Opposition/Cancellation Rule Change Proposals of Special Interest to Non-U.S. Companies

On April 4, 2016 the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that details proposed changes to the USPTO’s rules of practice for trademark application opposition and...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

What You Need to Know About U.S. Law: Trademark Opposition and Cancellation Primer

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Similar to the laws of the EU and its member states, as well as other countries around the world, U.S. trademark law provides a mechanism through which parties with standing can oppose pending third-party applications or seek...more

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