Kilpatrick Townsend’s Ted Davis and Rita Weeks recently presented on the topic of “Combating Misrepresentations in Trademark Prosecution and Maintenance: The Trademark Modernization Act and Beyond.” The Trademark...more
The Trademark Modernization Act, many aspects of which went into effect December 27, 2021, implemented numerous changes to United States trademark practice, including codification of letters of protest, changes to the...more
2/24/2022
/ Best Practices ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Misrepresentation ,
Reckless Disregard ,
Sanctions ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO ,
Webinars
I. Introduction -
On December 27, 2020, the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) became law after it passed Congress and was signed by the President as part of the year-end Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2021....more
1/12/2022
/ Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Expungement ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
Introduction -
On December 27, 2020, the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) became law after it passed Congress and was signed by the President as part of the year-end Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2021.1 The...more
For years, the federal courts of appeals have been split on an issue of critical importance to litigants under the Lanham Act, namely, whether a prevailing plaintiff seeking an accounting of the defendant’s profits under...more
4/24/2020
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§ 1125(c) ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Proof ,
Charge-Filing Preconditions ,
Compensatory Awards ,
Dilution ,
Lanham Act ,
Lost Profits ,
Remand ,
Remedies ,
Romag Fasteners v Fossil ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks ,
Vacated ,
Willful Infringement
Kilpatrick Townsend’s First Chairs Club recently presented “In-House Lawyers’ Expectations of Outside Counsel.” Not all legal departments are the same. Not all clients are identical. But what makes good outside counsel never...more