Trademarks, USPTO Pilot Program

USPTO Contributes Patent and Trademark Data to Help Launch National AI Research Resource Pilot Program

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 1/26/2024

This week, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) alongside public and private sector collaborators launched the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot program. NAIRR seeks to advance AI...more

USPTO’s COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program extended through 31 December 2022

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/30/2022

Yesterday, a notice was published in the Federal Register announcing yet another extension of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) pilot program for expedited review of COVID-19-associated patent applications (the...more

USPTO Extends Its Pilot Program for Expedited Review of COVID-19-Associated Patent Applications

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/6/2022

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has extended its pilot program for expedited review of COVID-19-associated patent applications to 30 June 2022. This is the third extension of the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination...more

USPTO Implements Pilot Program for COVID-19 Impacted Inventors and Small Businesses

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/18/2020

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is implementing a COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program for small and micro entities. The program is intended to help independent inventors and small businesses...more

Expedited Trademark Cancellation Proceedings at the USPTO

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 3/15/2019

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

PTO Proposes Requiring Foreign Trademark Owners to Obtain U.S. Counsel

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 2/26/2019

On the heels of launching its expedited cancellation program to clear deadwood from the Trademark Register, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has now pivoted to a related area: deadwood prevention. The PTO has issued a...more

Fake Specimens: USPTO Pilot Program Helps Tackle Fraudulent Filings

Fenwick & West LLP on 11/2/2018

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently launched a pilot program to address an increasing number of altered or fabricated specimens submitted with use-based trademark applications. Fake specimens can now be reported via...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Fall 2018

Fenwick & West LLP on 10/31/2018

In This Issue - Gender Diversity in Patenting: Current Landscape and Recommendations - The gender gap in patenting is a current challenge that companies face. While this issue seems pervasive, companies and lawyers can...more

True Use or True Lies?

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 4/4/2018

Earlier this month the PTO announced the inception of its Trademark Specimen Protest Email Pilot Program; as the name suggests, the program encourages the public to report any specimens that do not appear to exhibit marks as...more

USPTO Pilot Program Regarding Specimen Authenticity

Fish & Richardson on 4/2/2018

U.S. trademark practitioners have long dealt with the issue of applicants, either deliberately or innocently, claiming use of a mark with a far broader scope of goods than is actually the case. This results in a “bloat” of...more

MarkIt to Market® - March 2018

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 3/29/2018

The March 2018 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® discusses the impact of Brexit on trademarks, the inception of the PTO's Trademark Specimen Protest Email Pilot Program, and lists the new gTLD Sunrise periods. ...more

New USPTO Specimen Pilot Program

Knobbe Martens on 3/19/2018

On March 6, 2018 the USPTO announced that it has started a pilot program that makes it easy to report specimens that have been digitally created, altered or fabricated. Third parties that believe that an application contains...more

USPTO Pilots Program to Challenge Doctored Specimens

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/16/2018

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new pilot program on March 6 to allow protests against specimens that have been digitally created, altered, or fabricated. ...more

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

Ladas & Parry LLP on 3/9/2018

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

USPTO Launches Pilot Program Facilitating Third Party Notification About Digitally Altered Tm Specimens

Ladas & Parry LLP on 3/8/2018

The USPTO has launched a pilot program to make it easier for third parties to report trademark use specimens that appear to have been digitally altered, whether they do so before or during the opposition period....more

Technology Evolution in the Media Industry Supported by Pilot Program Allowing U.S. Trademark Registrations to be Updated

Ladas & Parry LLP on 11/17/2017

Media companies have changed the way they provide their goods and services to consumers as a result of ongoing evolutions in technology. A magazine that once distributed print copies may now provide access to its articles and...more

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