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Trademark Practice
Neologisms
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Trademark Practice
This will be interesting:
Word Mark VAJAYJAY
Goods and Services beauty, hair care and personal care products
Serial Number 77337809
Filing Date November 27, 2007
Owner (APPLICANT) Twist, New.Brand.Venture
Background here.
TTAB 2007 Update
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Trademark Practice
John Welch, of TTABlog: TTAB 2007 Update
The Following Are Not Government Trademark Offices
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Trademark Practice
Trademark applications are stored on publicly accessible databases. As a result, private entities can idnetify trademark applicants, and send them solicitations. Some of these solications are formatted to resemble official documents. While some solications may be for watching services, some request fees for listing on directories of no apparent merit.
We have accumulated this list…
The TTAB Means What It Says With Regard To Entering Evidence
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Trademark Practice
TTABlog: “New York Fails to Prove Standing and Priority, TTAB Dismisses”
(‘)(‘) <- me rolling my eyes after reading this decision.
323,527 U.S. Trademark Applications in FY 2007
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Trademark Practice
USPTO: 2007 Fiscal Year-End Results Demonstrates Trent of Improved Patent and Trademark Quality.
The PTO press release also indicated that the average time for receiving a first office action was 3 months. I silently thought “really?” as I read that. Interesting how fragemented, the trademark filing business is. The largest trademark practice doesn’t have…
Good Tip Re Using ETEAS Plus
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Trademark Practice
The Trademark Office rewards use of a check-off list for identifying goods and services as opposed to free-text entry, by providing a $50 per class discount. However many new and specific goods and services aren’t in the PTO’s ID Manual of goods and services. Carl Oppedahl points out that you may suggest the inclusion of…
Great Moments In Mobile Trademark Lawyering
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Trademark Practice
I was on the train last night. I received an email from a client asking if its application had been opposed. I used the web browser feature on the iPhone and by dint of perserverance and rapt attention to what key I was hitting, I logged onto TESS, entered the mark, looked at the TTAB…
More On Qualifications Of Deputy Director of PTO
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Trademark Practice
Very long, very interesting comment thread on Volokh about the suit regarding Deputy Director Peterlin’s qualifications to be Deputy Director of the PTO. Background here.
One comment: The point is made that the statute requires a background in either trademark or patent law. Does anyone know the thinking that went into this clause? It’s…
Lawyers Sue PTO Over PTO Deputy Director’s Qualifications
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Trademark Practice
From Slashdot:
“According to the suit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Congress amended the Patent Act in 1999 to require that the Director and Deputy Director of the USPTO each have “professional experience and background in patent or trademark law.” Peterlin’s appointment, announced May 8, violates the…