Congratulations to the incumbent leader of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office who is expected to conclude her government service by the time of the inauguration of President-Elect Donald J. ...
The attached paper, “What Hal’s been Doing during His ‘Sabbatical’ from Practice,” explains what this writer has been doing the past two years. This includes his participation in the new, ...
The TTABlog was hatched on November 8, 2004, with a blog post entitled "Leo Stoller Loses Again." I never thought I would still be blogging twelve years later. Eleven, maybe, ...
Practical Law will present a free 60-minute webinar addressing the upcoming amendments to the Trademark Rules of Practice and how they affect TTAB practice and procedure. The webinar will be ...
Suzanne Biggs was a biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent who spent her career in private practice following a stint as a corporate patent attorney in San Francisco with Chevron. She did ...
The judicial system appears gridlocked and unable to deviate from the patent-eligibility patent law based upon modern case law: This is keyed to a widespread belief following the Bilski case ...
Tap It Brewing opposed an application to register the mark TAP IT for energy drinks, claiming a likelihood of confusion with the identical mark registered for beer. Applicant Tap or ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark THE BEVERLY for "denims; jeans; pants," finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered mark BEVERLY JEANS & Design, shown below, ...
Patron Spirits opposed the application of Peter W. Noyes to register the mark IT'S PIRATE TIME for "distilled spirits" and for "retail store services featuring rum and rum based products...," ...
The Board affirmed refusals to register POWERED BY JUJU and JUJU JOINTS for smokeless marijuana vaporizers on the ground that the identified goods are illegal under the federal Controlled Substances ...