The Supreme Court has scheduled votes for September 26, 2016, to decide whether to grant certiorari in MCM Portfolio LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Co., Supreme Court No. 15-1330m and Cooper v. ...
The Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (LAIPLA) once again celebrated its most successful year in its 80+ year history. In 2015-2016 we expanded our key relationships with our Member ...
Yesterday's G-STRING case was not precedential. Apparently the Board originally mis-marked it, but changed the marking to "not precedential."
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled three (III) oral hearings for the month of August. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the Madison Building, ...
The USPTO refused to register the term SKINNIBELT for "belts," deeming it generic for the goods. The Examining Attorney maintained that "skinny belt" is the generic name of a category ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark JIUJITEIRO in the stylized form show immediately below, for various items of athletic apparel, including martial arts uniforms. Applicant One Nation conceded that ...
The Board reversed a Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark shown below, for charitable fundraising services, on the ground that the applicant and the owners of the registrations cited ...
Patrick Schlesinger was one of the many patent attorneys who started their life in patents at George Washington University Law School while concurrently being employed by General Electric. He moved ...
Two recent decisions illustrate when an applicant may, and when it may not, successfully move to amend its opposed, geographically unrestricted application to one for concurrent use registration. In the ...
The Board had it up to here with Plaintiff Gary W. Stuckle's lack of cooperation in this opposition proceeding. His transgressions included failing to adhere to the Board's scheduling orders, ...