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
2/27/2025
/ Filing Requirements ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Intent-to-Use ,
Lanham Act ,
Madrid Protocol ,
Patent Applications ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
USPTO
Join Sterne Kessler’s Global Trademark & Brand Protection team for our mid-year review webinar, when we will take a closer look at the latest developments in trademark law. From recent court decisions to industry-trends, our...more
7/16/2024
/ Acquired Distinctiveness ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
False Association ,
First Amendment ,
Functionality ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
Right of Publicity ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
Webinars
U.S. trademark attorneys received a New Year’s surprise last month when the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear Iancu v. Brunetti, the case that should determine the availability of federal trademark...more
3/5/2019
/ Burden of Proof ,
Certiorari ,
Compelling Governmental Interest ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Disparagement ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Iancu v. Brunetti ,
Lanham Act ,
Lee v Tam ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Scandalous/Immoral Marks ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Invalidity ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
Barr. Aldecoa. Hechter. Adlon. Kepler. Butterfields. What do these words have in common, you may ask? They were all recently found to be "primarily merely a surname," and refused registration by the Trademark Trial and Appeal...more
For the past few years, the first question us trademark lawyers get asked at cocktail parties is, “What’s going to happen to the REDSKINS trademark?” – and now lawyers and football enthusiasts will have to wait until at least...more
11/3/2016
/ Denial of Certiorari ,
Disparagement ,
Football ,
Lanham Act ,
Lee v Tam ,
Native American Issues ,
Popular ,
Redskins ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
The October 2016 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter provides an update on the Redskins trademark case, discusses a recent TTAB ruling regarding ownership of families of marks, and announces the new gTLD...more
11/2/2016
/ Appeals ,
Disparagement ,
Domain Names ,
Federal Trademark Register ,
gTLD ,
Lanham Act ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Redskins ,
Sunrise Periods ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Ownership ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks