News & Analysis as of July 30, 2025

Intellectual Property Protection

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves a fundamental role in the U.S. intellectual property system by issuing patents and registering trademarks.... more +

Filings Up, Pendency Down – USPTO 2024 Year in Review (& Early Thoughts for 2025)

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/27/2025

With 2024 now in the rearview mirror, it’s a great time to take a look at the past year’s U.S. trademark prosecution and examination numbers – and consider where the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) may be heading...more

… Ready for It? A Lesson on Intent-to-Use Trademark Filings Inspired by Taylor Swift

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP on 2/13/2025

Taylor Swift’s upcoming trademark deadline has sparked speculation that she is gearing up to release Reputation (Taylor’s Version). In February 2021, Swift’s legal team filed an intent-to-use (ITU) trademark application for...more

ITU Applicants Beware: Federal Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Pending Trademark Applications

McDermott Will & Emery on 4/11/2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part a district court’s ruling in a trademark dispute, upholding its decision to invalidate trademark applications. The Ninth Circuit held that district courts have...more

Consider Protecting Your Brands Early in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Miller Nash LLP on 8/8/2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the latest emerging technology that is overtaking news headlines and transforming the way we live, learn, and work. The term generally refers to content created or produced by artificial...more

MarkIt to Market® - September 2021: Watching the Pot™

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 10/4/2021

Future Intentions Not Enough to Pave the Road to Registration - “Reduces pain,” “alleviates anxiety,” “improves sleep” – these are just some of the claims of the miraculous CBD. The surfeit of new CBD brands and products...more

MarkIt to Market® - September 2021

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 10/1/2021

The September 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses a recent non-precedential Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision regarding intent-to-use applications covering CBD products currently...more

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

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 9/1/2021

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

MarkIt to Market® - August 2021

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 8/30/2021

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

Intellectual Property Considerations and Guidance for Start-Ups: Trademarks

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/16/2019

Trademarks protect distinctive marks, such as brand names, logos, and designs. This protection allows a trademark holder to exclude others from using the mark without permission of the owner. The following includes important,...more

The Curse of Shoeless Joe Continues: TTAB Finds White Sox Fan Lacked Bona Fide Intent-To-Use

Hogan Lovells on 4/15/2019

For any baseball fans already preparing to capitalize when their favorite team wins their next World Series game, you may strike out before getting up to bat at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) in the United...more

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