The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the test for determining whether a word mark is generic also applies to color marks....more
5/6/2025
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CAFC ,
Color Marks ,
Generic Marks ,
Goods or Services ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
Trade Dress ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") will raise trademark fees across the board and introduce new application surcharges starting January 18, 2025....more
Scams related to U.S. trademark filings are becoming more common and sophisticated, making these scams increasingly difficult for trademark owners to identify....more
This year kicked off with new tools to help brand owners protect and enforce their marks.
The use of a trademark in commerce is an important aspect of U.S. trademark law; however, an increasing number of trademark...more
In this White Paper, we share observations on 2020's most significant developments in trademark law. This year, the U.S. Supreme Court penned three opinions concerning what constitutes a protectable trademark, available...more
The Situation: Changes to the Trademark Act were called for due to a Circuit split regarding the standard for injunctive relief in trademark infringement cases and an increase in fraudulent trademark applications and...more
Jones Day's Meredith Wilkes and Anna Raimer discuss 2020's most significant developments in trademark law and preview what's to come in 2021, including possible progress in Washington on the highly anticipated Trademark...more
12/10/2020
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Appeals ,
Application Fees ,
Charge-Filing Preconditions ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Collateral Estoppel ,
Compensatory Awards ,
Counterfeiting ,
Defense Preclusion ,
Dilution ,
Domain Name Registration ,
Electronic Filing ,
Generic Marks ,
Issue Preclusion ,
Lanham Act ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Lucky Brand Dungarees v Marcel Fashion Group ,
Oral Argument ,
Oral Hearings ,
Registration Fees ,
Remedies ,
Res Judicata ,
Romag Fasteners v Fossil ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Subsequent Litigation ,
Trade Dress ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
United States Patent and Trademark Office v Booking.com BV ,
USPTO ,
Websites ,
Willful Infringement
Statistics from 2018 reveal that .03% of trademark applications were paper filed. As such, effective February 15, 2020, paper trademark filings are no longer an option. The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO")...more
2/20/2020
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Email ,
New Rules ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) ,
Trademark Examination ,
Trademark Examination Guide ,
Trademark Ownership ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Specimen ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent 9-0 decision in Peter v. NantKwest, Inc., Case No. 18-801, informs strategic cost considerations in appeals challenging adverse decisions issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office...more
12/17/2019
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American Rule ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Civil Claims ,
Fee-Shifting ,
Lanham Act ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Applicants ,
Peter v NantKwest Inc ,
Prevailing Party ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 145 ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
A party appealing a PTO decision must pay the PT0's expenses regardless of the applicant's success.
Booking.com successfully challenged the United States Patent and Trademark Office's ("PTO") refusal to register its mark...more
The Decision: The Federal Circuit vacated the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's determination that "ZERO" is not generic and has acquired distinctiveness, and remanded.
The Reasoning: The Board erroneously framed the...more
On June 23, 2017, the Federal Circuit held in NantKwest v. Matal that patent applicants seeking review of a decision from the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") to the district court must pay the PTO's legal...more