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Professor Robert E. Mikos takes the USPTO to task in his recent Vanderbilt Law Review article, "Unauthorized and Unwise: The Lawful Use Requirement in Trademark Law".

INTA has published the November-December, 2022 (Vol. 112 No. 6) issue of The Trademark Reporter.

In case you haven't heard, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Section 2(a)'s "immoral or scandalous" bar to trademark registration "infringes the First Amendment" and is therefore

The Board affirmed a refusal to register the proposed mark FLIPPABLE FIRMNESS for "Online retail store services featuring bed frames, foundations, mattresses, pillows, toppers, and bed sheets"...

The TTAB has issued a revised Standard Protective Order (here). Pursuant to Trademark Rule 2.116(g), this standard protective order is automatically imposed in all Board proceedings.

A number of trademark practitioners believe that the TTAB should be issuing more precedential decisions.The Board has recently made available a form for nominating a Board decision as precedential.

I ran a Twitter poll for the last several days, asking this question: After attending the INTA Annual Meeting in DC, did you test positive for Covid? The results are set out below.

In an opinion of just over seven pages, the Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(1) refusal to register CONSERVATIVE INSTITUTE for providing on-line information if the fields of politics class 35)

Russell Earl "Bucky" Dent was a light-hitting shortstop for the New York Yankess when, in 1978, he hit a three-run homer that gave the Yankees a 3–2 lead in the AL East division tie-breaker game...

Widely recognized as the best non-INTA event at the INTA annual meeting, MEET THE BLOGGERS returns for its 16th edition on Monday night, May 2nd, from 8-10 PM at The Eleanor (website here)...

The latest issue of the The Trademark Reporter features an article by former TTAB Judge Lorelei Ritchie, now an Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University School of Law...

In his Introduction, Ted Davis calls this "a time of great reckoning in United States trademark and unfair competition law."

Nokia saw no jokia when Somasundaram Ramkumar applied to register the mark JIOKIA for electronic mail and other online services.

The USPTO has issued Examination Guide 4-19 (August 2019), entitled "Requirement of U.S. Licensed Attorney for Foreign Trademark Applicants and Registrants."

The USPTO has issued a Notice of Proposed Rlemaking (detatils here) to implement the provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020. The Office will hold two roundtables to field questions and...

On December 10, 2019 from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time), the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)...

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and Foley Hoag LLP are hosting a trademark roundtable discussion in Boston on September 17th, from 11:45 AM -2:00 PM, at the Foley Hoag offices.

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and Foley Hoag LLP are hosting a trademark roundtable discussion in Boston ...