OHIM has announced a reduction in overall Community Trademark Fees effective in May. The upfront fee will be raised but the back-end registration fee will be abolished. Applications filed now will have the current soon-to-be-raised upfront fee and no back end fee. Friends of the blog Mastovito Wyness explain why the time to file is
Anticipating a Fraudit
Registration Ruminations reports that PTO numbers regarding the withdrawal of ‘inadvertently’ filed documents with the PTO suggests that people are following John Welch’s advice as to how to avoid a ‘fraudit.’
TTAB Says No Go On Santiago
TTABlog: TTAB Dismisses Claim Invoking Unsatisfiable Santiago Trademark Convention (The Santiago Convention requires certification by an ‘Inter-American Burea. Alas, there have been no IABs since 1949).
The TTAB Means What It Says About Evidence, con’t
TTABlog: Evidentiary Errors Lead to Dismissal of 2(d) Opposition for Failure to Prove Prioirty:
Rule 2.120 is a bit long, but it is worth reading now and then.
Text Of Petition To Cancel FACEBOOK Registration
Aaron Greenspan, a college classmate of Mark Zuckerberg, has filed a petition to cancel Facebook’s first registration for FACEBOOK, on three grounds: (1) prior rights; (2) genericness; and (3) fraud on the PTO.
InfoLaw discussion here.
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Read this doc on Scribd: petition to cancel FACEBOOK
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Stoller Wins Procedural Motion Against Google
Latest in Stoller saga. Google went after Stoller ‘alter egos’ but not Stoller himself so Stoller ‘intervened.’ Next to last paragraph re $10,000 fine of interest.
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Read this doc on Scribd: stoller 7th cir google order
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TTAB Decision Re Attorney Signing Declarations and Fraud On The PTO
TTABlog commentary here.:
In a case “similar to Medinol,” the Board granted Petitioner’s motion for summary judgment on the ground of fraud as to four registrations owned by Respondent, finding that Respondent had made knowingly false statements in its Statements of Use (signed by its attorney) regarding use of its XEL HERBACEUTICALS marks on
Recently Filed Trademark Lawsuits
Rockbridge Capital, LLC v. Rockbridge Equity Partners, LLC
Ohio Southern District Court
Filed: March 5, 2008
Plaintiff: Rockbridge Capital, LLC, Rockbridge Capital, LLC Defendant: Rockbridge Equity Partners, LLC
Case Number: 2:2008cv00208
Stahls’ Incorporated et al v. All American Supply, Incorporated
Michigan Eastern District Court
Filed: March 3, 2008
Plaintiff: Stahls’ Incorporated, Stahls’ Special Projects, Incorporated
TTABlog: Recent Developments in U.S. Law May Trouble Foreign Trademark Owners”
TTABlog: Unfriendly Shores? Recent Developments in U.S. Law May Trouble Foreign Trademark Owners
Foreign trademark owners who seek registration in the United States may be troubled by several recent developments in American trademark law. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s current fraud jurisprudence holds an applicant or registrant strictly responsible for false statements made to
Well, You Get Three Years To File A Statement Of Use on That 19-0 Application
Giants 17, Patriots 14.