A tip of the fedora to FOTTABlog Erik M. Pelton, who once again provides a report (here) on the latest meeting of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (a/k/a TPAC). Note ...
What is the impact of an inventor’s publication of his invention before filing which may be excused as “prior art” under the grace period? Under the literal wording of amended ...
In are rare decision discussing the affirmative defense of unclean hands, the Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark AACHI AAPPAKADAI & Design for "restaurant ...
If you are not a Twitter subscriber, you missed these recent TTABlog tweets and re-tweets @TTABlog. Gainesville, Florida Massachusetts district court denies preliminary injunction motion in HEALTH NEW ENGLAND trademark ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark PROBOKNOW, in standard character form, deeming it merely descriptive of "Operating an online marketplace for providers and consumers of free and affordable legal ...
In November 2015, the Board dismissed a cancellation petition brought by NH Beach Pizza LLC because NH failed to prove standing. [TTABlogged here]. NH then filed a new petition for ...
Mel Williams was one of the many leading patent attorneys to graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the George Washington Law School. He served for twenty-five years at United Technologies ...
“I want to be clear. The USPTO takes any allegation of wrongdoing very seriously. Any hour claimed as worked that is not worked is unacceptable.” -- Hon. Michelle K. Lee, ...
Ford Farabow was both an outstanding trial lawyer and a true gentleman. He was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers who was internationally prominent as one of ...
Omega SA opposed an application to register the mark shown to the right, for jewelry, claiming a likelihood of confusion with its registered and common law marks (shown below) for ...