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A Trademark is a legally registered distinctive mark or sign which identifies goods, products or services that originate or are associated with a particular person or enterprise . A typical example of a trademark... more +

New Pilot Program Announced for Expediting COVID-19 Related Trademark Review

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/18/2020

On June 15, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the creation of a second COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program, this time for COVID-19 related trademark and service mark...more

A Solution for Evolution in the Trademark Arena

Morgan Lewis on 10/1/2015

The USPTO’s Welcome Initiative for Technology-Driven Changes in Registered Trademark Use. Under a pilot program announced by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on September 1, 2015, trademark owners...more

Intellectual Property Newsletter - September/October 2015

King & Spalding on 9/29/2015

PTAB Update on Inter Partes Review - On August 19, 2015, the Director of the USPTO released a blog post reporting on the state of post-grant review proceedings created by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 and...more

From Phonograph Records to Musical Sound Recordings: USPTO’s Pilot Program May Bring Life to Outdated Registrations

Buchalter on 9/24/2015

Own a trademark registration covering goods or services that have become obsolete due to technological advances? Does your trademark registration cover content delivered by floppy discs that are now provided as on-line...more

USPTO Pilot Program Offers Relief to Proprietors of “Evolving” Goods and Services

Imagine, for a moment, a successful software company, Agave, that owns the trademark PHOTOCHOPS for a popular image-editing program. Being a diligent trademark owner, Agave registered the trademark PHOTOCHOPS in 2005, right...more

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