The United States Patent and Trademark Office is reminding trademark applicants to beware of “spoofed” calls that impersonate the Office. Spoofing occurs when phone scammers attempt to fool recipients into providing personal...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has updated the deadline to respond to Office Actions for trademark applications. As of December 3, 2022, trademark applicants now have three months (instead of the...more
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
Another person or entity has applied for a trademark at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) that is similar to your trademark. What can you do?
One option is to institute an opposition with the...more
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In the wake of the In re Tam decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, on December 15, 2017, the Federal Circuit held that the Lanham Act Section 2(a) prohibition on the registration of immoral and scandalous marks is a...more
On May 3, 2017, a New York-based coffee and beverage shop by the name of The End Brooklyn filed suit in the Eastern District of New York against Starbucks Corporation asserting that the recent phenom UNICORN FRAPPUCCINO...more
As we discussed in our blog post earlier this month, U.S. Trademark Office Sharpens Machete for Pruning Deadwood, the USPTO is implementing a new practice of randomly auditing maintenance declarations to request additional...more
On June 22, 2016, the USPTO issued a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register seeking comment on “Changes in Requirements for Affidavits or Declarations of Use, Continued Use, or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark...more