Patents and Trademarks

On June 13, 2024, the Supreme Court decided the case of Vidal v. Elster (22-704). The Justices evaluated whether the USPTO’s refusal to register a trademark containing criticism of a government [...]

Avoiding Scams with your Trademark Application or Registration For years, the Patent and Trademark Office has faced issues with companies or individuals soliciting personal and financial [...]

Trademark Auction Websites Internet trademark auctions are virtual marketplaces where people attempt to sell registered trademarks from around the world. Use extreme caution if you are [...]

In a recent decision from the Supreme Court, well-known whiskey company Jack Daniel’s came away with a big win against a “parody” dog toy that mimics Jack Daniel’s [...]

In 2022, the USPTO imposed sanctions on three companies who collectively filed thousands of fraudulent trademark applications. Since then, the USPTO has imposed stricter review criteria to catch [...]

In the second quarter of 2022, the USPTO reported a 55.1% provisional refusal rate for initial TEAS Plus filings and a staggering 85.4.% provisional refusal rate for TEAS Standard filings. If [...]

On December 18, 2021, the U.S. Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) went into effect. As you may recall from our February 2021 client alert, the TMA was developed in response to growing [...]

Frequently after filing a federal trademark application, the applicant will receive numerous solicitations made to look like official communications from the United States Patent and Trademark [...]

As we previously reported, on November 1, 2017, the USPTO launched an audit program enabling the Office to perform random audits of trademark registration renewals. After a trademark owner files [...]

Due to a recent surge in trademark applications, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is currently experiencing delayed processing times at various stages of the application [...]