On April 28, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was further extending the time to file certain patent and trademark-related documents and to pay certain required fees in a Notice posted on its...more
On February 7, 2020, the U.S. Trademark Office issued long-anticipated guidelines governing electronic filing and electronic communications with attorneys and trademark owners. Effective February 15, 2020, these new rules...more
2/10/2020
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Effective August 3, 2019, trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) proceedings domiciled outside of the United States (“foreign-domiciled”), must be represented before the...more
On June 24, 2019 the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Iancu v. Brunetti, No. 18-302, finding that the Lanham Act prohibition against registration of scandalous or immoral trademarks violates the First Amendment of the...more
6/24/2019
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) currently offers a pilot program that provides parties the opportunity to engage in expedited non-use cancellation proceedings. Broadly speaking, cancellation proceedings allow...more