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The new rule has taken effect as of August 3, 2019.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently introduced the Global Brand Database, a new search tool for internationally protected trademarks, appellations of origin and armorial bearings, flags and other state emblems, and the names, abbreviations and emblems of intergovernmental organizations.

It has been almost exactly five years since the legendary sprinter Usain Bolt last took to the track: in fact, I was in the stadium to witness his final 100m race at the 2017 World Championships in London.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued new examination guidance that significantly relaxes the requirements for obtaining design patents covering digital interfaces, icons, and other computer-generated designs.

It plans to deploy up to $1 billion in capital over the next five years.

The.com is a new low-code website building platform that allows web creators to collaborate and track components called blocks while breaking down website building into a flexible, dynamic format.

Despite strong opposition and a temporary interruption in the application process, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has barreled ahead with the new generic top level domain name (gTLD) program.

On July 7, 2017, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision clarifying issues related to pleading and proving reverse trademark confusion claims.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of SmithKline Beecham and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (collectively GSK), the maker of a smoking-cessation product named Commit Lozenges, and rejected trademark infringement and false advertising claims brought by Natural Answers.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has shed some additional light on the application of prosecution history estoppel under Festo to certain narrowing claim amendments.

Sometimes the slipper fits, sometimes it doesn't. So found the Disney Company in In re United Trademark Holdings, Inc., recently decided at the TTAB.

Following up on its ruling in Gamut, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified that "material differences" that are a predicate to a gray market trademark infringement case do not need to be physical.

On Tuesday, July 13th at 12:30 PM, Ted Davis and Yours Truly will provide a review of recent trademark cases in a webinar aptly titled "Trademark Case Decisions...

The long-awaited study of so-called trademark bullies was recently released by the Department of Commerce.

This week the Treasury Department announced the establishment of the Office of Recovery Programs to oversee recovery programs authorized by the CARES Act, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, ...

A recent case involving an appeal of a rejected trademark application highlights a hidden cost that may occur if a patent or trademark applicant asks a District Court to overturn the USPTO’s action.