[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a law clerk
in the Trademark Group at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.]. The
USPTO held an online public meeting of the Trademark Public
Advisory Committee (TPAC) on October 30, 2020. The agenda and list
of speakers may be found
here.
During the TTAB portion of the presentation, Chief Judge Gerard
F. Rogers provided the following information:
With regard to the vacancy announcement for the hiring of TTAB
judges, tahe submission period is now closed. The Board
is in the process of reviewing applications to create a list of the
best qualified candidates. The list will be maintained
and used to fill available positions moving forward.
