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Ben Natter and Jessica Sblendorio recently had their article regarding the United States Patent and Trademark Office's ("USPTO") response to Matal v. Tam published on IPwatchdog.com.

One doesn't hear much about the outcome of reexamination petitions. I came across this denial of a petition involving alleged nonuse of the mark shown below, for pet accessories...

The case was initially filed by a band called "The Slants" who were refused a federal trademark registration on the grounds that the name is offensive to those of Asian ancestry.

Under the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.129(a), a utility or plant application that has been pending for at least two years as of June 8, 1995 is entitled to only two submissions after final rejection. Submissions may include an information disclosure statement, an amendment or a new argument in support of patentability.

On October 1, 2024 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced a brief extension and then termination on December 15, 2024 of the After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0 ("AFCP 2.0").

Leslie Spencer, an IP litigation partner, discusses the importance of developing a comprehensive and forward-looking intellectual property strategy for financial technology (FinTech) innovations.

The internet has become a dominant marketplace for consumer products and services.

How do companies develop, protect, and enforce their brands and content across the ever-growing landscapes of Web 3.0? Lawyers from Foley Hoag's Trademark, Copyright & Unfair Competition...

In the US, it possible to obtain a colour mark per se, but the bar is set very high. It must be established that the public has come to associate the single colour with a brand ("secondary meaning") and that the colour is not primarily functional

These companies are in no way affiliated with the official U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any government agency.

In this episode of The Upper Brand, hosts Rich Assmus and Kristine Young are joined by James Ferguson and Ana Leticia Allevato to discuss how IP licenses, distribution deals, and collaboration agreements can be recharacterized as franchise relationships under U.S. and Brazilian law.

In case you missed it, or (for some unfathomable reason) you want to hear it again, yesterday's webcast entitled "TTAB Update: Rules, Rulings, and Ruminations" may be downloaded here.

In a previous post, we analyzed the battle over the trademark COMIC CON, which is owned by the San Diego Comic Convention (SDCC) but has been used by over 100 other comic book convention organizers.

At a recent media event to preview new concession items for the upcoming season, the New York Yankees tried out an intriguing new product.

The article discusses emerging issues in patent, trade secret, trademark, and copyright litigation involving AI technology

In this episode of MoFo Perspectives, MoFo corporate partner and blockchain co-chair Dario de Martino speaks with MoFo IP partner Joyce Liou and Stanford Law School professor...

The United Kingdom's vote on June 23, 2016 to withdraw from the European Union has left many issues in flux, including the rights of owners of European Union Trademark registrations...