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The Value of a Good Trademark Attorney: Optimizing Office Action Response Acceptance Rates

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By sladlaw
In Law Blog, Patents and Trademarks
Posted September 23, 2022

The Value of a Good Trademark Attorney: Optimizing Office Action Response Acceptance Rates

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 [...]

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By sladlaw
In Intellectual Property
Posted February 23, 2022

NFTs and the Metaverse: Is your brand protected?

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 [...]

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By sladlaw
In Intellectual Property, Law Blog, Patents and Trademarks
Posted January 13, 2022

USPTO Implements the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020

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 [...]

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By sladlaw
In Patents and Trademarks
Posted October 8, 2021

Caution: Scam Alert!

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 [...]

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By sladlaw
In Patents and Trademarks
Posted August 25, 2021

USPTO EXPANDS AUDIT PROGRAM AND IMPLEMENTS SIGNIFICANT NEW AUDIT FEES

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 [...]

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By sladlaw
In Patents and Trademarks
Posted July 20, 2021

Increased Processing Times at USPTO

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 [...]

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By Rich Stern
In Intellectual Property, Law Blog, Patents and Trademarks
Posted February 16, 2021

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 Becomes Law

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 [...]

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By sladlaw
In Intellectual Property, Law Blog
Posted December 16, 2020

Jeff Sladkus named as Georgia Trend Legal Elite for 2020

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 [...]

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By sladlaw
In Intellectual Property, Law Blog, Patents and Trademarks
Posted November 13, 2020

USPTO Issues New Guidelines Regarding Digitally Altered Specimens

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 [...]

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By sladlaw
In Intellectual Property, Law Blog
Posted September 16, 2020

COPYRIGHT OFFICE OFFERS NEW GROUP REGISTRATION FOR SHORT ONLINE LITERARY WORKS

As of August 17, 2020, the Copyright Office has begun offering a new group registration option for short online literary works. This new registration option was initiated in response to a [...]

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