Welcome to the January 2026 issue of Sterne Kessler’s MarkIt to Market® newsletter. As we’ve entered the new year, we’re excited to introduce a new quarterly digest format for MarkIt to Market®....more
Welcome to the December 2025 issue of Sterne Kessler’s MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss the changes made this year to U.S. trademark practices from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and what they mean...more
In the mid-2000s, the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) determined that reexaminations would be more consistent and legally correct if performed by a centralized set of experienced and specially trained Examiners....more
Some brands never fully fade, especially in industries in which nostalgia and cultural memory keep the brand alive long after a product line takes a step back. Nike’s TOTAL 90 line is one such example, remembered from its...more
Thank you for reading the August 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss a Show Cause Order recently issued by the USPTO to combat thousands of fraudulent trademark applications. We...more
Thank you for reading the May 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss Spotify's exploration into NFTs, two new USPTO policies with practical implications for trademark applicants...more
The December 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses new enforcement tools courtesy of the Trademark Modernization Act; Pfizer's acquisition of Arena Pharmaceuticals; the latest developments in...more
The October 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses a precedential TTAB decision regarding fraud; the DEA's proposal to increase production quotas for several schedule I controlled substances,...more
The September 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses a recent non-precedential Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision regarding intent-to-use applications covering CBD products currently...more
The August 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses Monster Energy's history of trademark disputes in the context of enhancing brand strength, tips for shortening the pendency of trademark filings...more
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
The September issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market™ newsletter discusses considerations when filing a petition under the USPTO pilot program, outlines what you should know when protecting a trademark for wearable...more