I once heard a TTAB judge say that the outcome of most Section 2(d) likelihood of confusion cases can be predicted just by looking at the marks and the identified ...
The grace period remains a controversial subject due to the "state of the art" for Section 103 being keyed to the effective filing date. The attached paper goes into details ...
On May 27, 2016, the USPTO proposed various trademark fee adjustments, including many changes to the TTAB fee schedule. Also, certain new fees will be imposed. The notice of proposed ...
The Supreme Court is now scheduled to vote on June 16, 2016, whether to grant certiorari in Top Ten No. (1) Impression Products v. Lexmark (international patent exhaustion) and Top ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled seven (VII) oral hearings for the month of June. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the Madison Building, ...
A decision whether certiorari has been granted may come as early as 9:30 AM tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. Regards, Hal
Professor Dennis Crouch is now offering the most complete reporting on patent cases at the Supreme Court, including links to briefs, as explained in the box at page 1 of ...
Where an inventor publishes his invention several months before filing his patent application, and there is an intervening third party publication of an obvious variant of the claimed invention, does ...
This consolidated proceeding involved seven oppositions to Coca-Cola's attempted registration of variousZERO-containing marks for soft drinks sports drinks, and energy drinks, without a disclaimer of the term "zero," on the ...
The previous note concerning the grace period (attached below) raises the question whether the grace period has much value under the Leahy Smith America Invents Act. Until the Federal Circuit ...