Fraudulent Filings at the USPTO

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 [...]

By now you have probably heard the terms “NFT” (non-fungible token), “metaverse,” and “web3” used in everyday conversation. Although you may not fully understand exactly what they are, or why [...]

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 [...]

On December 27, 2020, the U.S. Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) was signed into law. The TMA was developed in response to growing concerns over the number of federally registered [...]

The Sladkus Law Group is proud to announce managing partner, Jeff Sladkus, has again been named as Georgia Trend Legal Elite in the field of intellectual property law. This is the 18th year of [...]

The USPTO recently issued additional guidance regarding the submission of specimens that are digitally created or altered. The USPTO published the guide in an effort to combat the increasing [...]