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Lanham Act Ex Partes Reexamination

McDermott Will & Emery

Common Sense: Nonparties Not Precluded by Ex Parte Reexamination Termination

In a precedential decision, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) Trademark Trial & Appeal Board denied a motion for judgment based on either claim or issue preclusion, and in the alternative for a show cause order, in a...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Modern Problems: Recent and Upcoming Changes to US Trademark Practices Could Impact Your Business

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) was signed into law on December 27, 2020. The TMA amended the federal trademark law (known as the Lanham Act) to provide new tools to address abuses of the US trademark...more

Sullivan & Worcester

The Trademark Modernization Act: New Procedures, New Deadlines and New Standards

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On December 18, 2021, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rules implementing the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) went into effect. The first major overhaul of the Lanham Act since 1998, the TMA introduced...more

Kilpatrick

Changes to Federal Trademark Law and Their Effective Dates Under the Trademark Modernization Act and its Implementing Regulations

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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

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Implementation of the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA): What Trademark Owners Need to Know

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Rebuttable Presumption of Irreparable Harm - The Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) was signed into law December 27, 2020. Importantly, the burden shifting provision for trademark owners in litigation seeking preliminary or...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Trademark Owners: What You Should Know About the USPTO’s Final Rules Implementing the TMA

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The Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) was signed into law on December 27, 2020, and the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced its final rules for implementing the TMA, the majority of which will...more

Hogan Lovells

New U.S. Trademark Law Alert – Intellectual Property Reforms Tucked Into COVID-19 Relief Package

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On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 and the act was signed into law on December 27, 2020. But don’t let the bland title fool you. ...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - January 2021: Prove It: TMA Sets Forth New Streamlined Approach to Combat the Rise of Fraudulently Registered...

As has been the case in recent years, trademark filings in 2020 again increased over the previous year. While at first glance this may seem to indicate that the U.S. economy continues to grow and innovate, at least some of...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Highlights Part II of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020: Ex Parte Expungement, Ex Parte Reexamination, and Non-Use...

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As we wrote in Part 1 of this series, the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) was signed into law on December 27, 2020, and contained several significant amendments to the Lanham Act. This post will cover three of the...more

Mintz - Trademark & Copyright Viewpoints

The Trademark Modernization Act Establishes New Trademark Cancellation Procedures

On December 27, 2020, the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“the Act”) became law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. Among other changes, the Act includes important amendments to the Lanham Act...more

ArentFox Schiff

COVID-19 Relief and Government Funding Bill Brings Significant Changes to Trademark and Copyright Law

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It may come as some surprise that embedded within the over 5,500-pages of the recent COVID-19 relief and government funding bill (the Consolidated Appropriations Act) are several (not-insubstantial) changes to copyright and...more

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