Avoiding Common Scams and Protecting Your Trademark Application or Registration

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) faces issues with companies or individuals posing as official entities to solicit personal and financial information from trademark owners. [...]

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 [...]

On May 9, 2024, The Supreme Court decided the case of Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy (22-1078). At issue in the case was the question of whether a plaintiff in a copyright infringement [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]