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John L. Welch's article titled "Federal Circuit: TTAB applied wrong test in finding Coca-Cola's ZERO mark not generic for soft drinks" was published by World Trademark Review

In preparation for two webinar presentations coming up in the next four weeks, I have put together an article summarizing the precedential decisions of the TTAB and the CAFC over the past 14 months.

Intellectual property due diligence often gets relegated to a final checklist item in acquisitions, but this approach can lead to costly oversights. Jason Balich explores why IP assessment should receive the same early, strategic attention as financial analysis, and provides a framework for evaluating whether a target company's patents, trademarks, and trade secrets are properly secured and enforceable.

Thank you Ted Davis for allowing me to post a link (here) to your 2018 outline of trademark decisions.

On September 25, 2017, the USPTO hosted a public meeting to report on the comments to the TTAB's Request for Comments on possible streamlined version of cancellation proceedings on the grounds of abandonment...

John L. Welch's article titled "TTAB grants motion for summary judgment as to fraud counterclaim" was published by World Trademark Review.

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has scheduled seven (7) oral hearings for the month of August 2017.

John Welch wrote an article published by World Trademark Review titled "TTAB Upholds Fraud Claim Against Distributor of Massage Chairs Who Registered Manufacturer's Mark."

An article written by John Welch of Wolf Greenfield and Martin Schwimmer of Leason Ellis titled "Why Your TTAB Judgment May Fall Flat in Court" was published in World Trademark Review.

At Tuesday's "Trademark Office Comes to California" session, Judge Susan Hightower provided the attendees ...

Former friend David Perlsack once told me that I have a face for radio and a voice for blogging. Well, proof of the former is self-evident. As to the latter, you be the judge.

The Trademark Law and Practice Committee of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) will host a half-day ...

Lisa Larimore Ouellette, Associate Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, responds to the article posted here yesterday, in a note entitled, Does Running Out Of (Some) Trademarks Matter?, 131 Harv. Law. Rev. Forum 116 (2018) [pdf here].

Hat tip to Ted Davis for allowing me to post a link (here) to his 2019 outline of trademark decisions, "Recent Developments in Trademark and Unfair Competition Law."

The 2018 Annual Review of U.S. Trademark Cases, co-authored by John L. Welch and titled "The Seventieth Year of Administration of the Lanham Act of 1946," appeared in the January-February...

The 2019 Annual Review of U.S. Trademark Cases, co-authored by John L. Welch and titled "The Seventy-First Year of Administration of the Lanham Act of 1946

The 2020 Annual Review of U.S. Trademark Cases, co-authored by John L. Welch and titled "The Seventy-Second Year of Administration of the Lanham Act of 1946