Applicant Jimmy Moore LLC struck out in its attempt to register the mark pitchingsmart (in standard character form) for "entertainment in the nature of baseball games" in Class 41. Recognizing ...
The “best mode” requirement in the Leahy Smith America Invents Act of 2011 continues the previous best mode requirement in largely an attenuated form. But, there are three problems: (1) ...
Congratulations to Andrew Dhuey for his continued contributions to the intellectual property legal field. His pro bono accomplishments go far beyond his significant contributions to his home field of patent law. ...
A statutory discrimination exists against foreign applicants who have a deficient disclosure in their priority application to meet the “best mode contemplated”; this discrimination is not made under the statutory wording ...
The Board affirmed the USPTO's refusal to register the mark HEMP HOME HEALTH for "home health care services" because Applicants, in their appeal, failed to address the three grounds of ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark PRO. in the form shown below, finding it to be merely descriptive of "consulting services in the field of architectural design." Applicant Pic ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark RENTED.COM for "Computer services, namely, providing search platforms to allow users to request content from and receive content to a computer or mobile ...
Ken Tremain was one of the many leading patent attorneys who gained their legal education at the George Washington University Law Center. He was a leading member of the corporate ...
Hon. Michelle K. Lee Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Dear Ms. Lee: Further to my letter of August 21, 2016, ...
People are saying that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case about 95 percent of the time just by looking at the marks and the goods/services. In ...