Yours truly, the TTABlogger, will be heading down to our Nation's Capital for the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in Washington, D.C. (Register here). ...
The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark "I ♥ DC" in the form shown first below, for various clothing items, and ordered cancellation of a registration (on ...
In another Section 2(e)(4) appeal, the Board again emphasized consumer perception over a more mechanical approach, affirming a refusal to register the mark ALDECOA for coffee, finding the mark to ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled three (III) oral hearings for the month of October 2016. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the Madison ...
Ken Tremain was one of the many distinguished twentieth century patent attorneys who gained an undergraduate engineering education from Purdue University and a legal education from the George Washington University ...
Today the Court DENIED certiorari in the Amphastar case, which is concerned with the § 271(e)(2) “safe harbor” for drug testing. Details are found in Top Patent Cases of September ...
The appointments of George Pologeorgis and of Christoper Larkin to the position of Administrative Trademark Judge at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, coupled with the retirement of David E ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(4) refusal to register the mark BARR GROUP for engineering, training, and expert witness services in the field of computer hardware and software [GROUP disclaimed], ...
More blowback has been received concerning the writer’s position in an earlier paper that the “state of the art” as of the filing date minimizes the value of the grace ...
Does the exclusive patent right granted for a software invention conflict with free speech rights of individuals under the Constitution? This is an issue raised in Intellectual Ventures I case,Intellectual ...