You’re right, the monkey is wrong. Either you or the monkey would have had to either have used the IPOD mark in commerce, or filed a trademark application prior to Apple. We assume that the monkey acted as your agent. We would be conflicted out of advising you in matters where the monkey’s interests
Abacus Instruction, Ballet Schools . . . Yacht Clubs, Zoos
Warning Re: Laundry Lists On US Applications
After 1989 when the U.S. allowed Intent to Use applications (which required a declaration as to bona fide intent to use), some practitioners worried that applicants with huge laundry lists of goods and services, had potential fraud exposure if it could be shown that there had never been a bona fide intent to use on
Trademark Application Blows LonelyGirl15’s Cover
Stoller Sanctioned
NameProtect’s Trademark Insider
NameProtect’s Trademark Insider for the 1st quarter ’06 is out. Highlights include:
-70,860 U.S. trademark applications were filed, up 10% over the comparable period in ’05.
-Greenberg Taurig filed the most applications among law firms (542).
-Mattel filed the most applications among companies (230).
It’s interesting how fragmented this field is. The largest player has
PLI Paper On TTAB Practice
PLI Course Handbook Paper: “TTAB Practice” by Judges Simms, Sams, Bottorff and Walters.
Why Did I Get A Demand Letter If I Was Allowed To Incorporate Under That Name?
I hear this every so often, usually in the context that the corporate lawyer who created a legal entity told the client that the name of the business was available, which meant that it was available as a corporate name in that state, but which the client understood to mean, simply, available.
The problem is
Deceptively Misdescriptive Decision
Should TTAB Charges $100 For More Than 30 Day Extension Requests?
Stoller has now filed more extension requests than Barry Bonds’ and Babe Ruth’ combined home run total. One applicant moved the TTAB to revoke the extension and the Board denied the motion, ruling that an extension as of right is an extension as of right.
TTABlog suggests a procedural step – make only the first