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Joe’s Crab restaurants are all across the United States; some are casual seaside shacks and others are high-end establishments. But how can so many restaurants share the same or similar name? Under U.S. trademark law, if there is no federal registration, the rights to a mark are local and depend on who first used the [...]
Read moreA 2019 United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) rule making domicile address reporting on trademark applications more stringent spurred concern regarding the policy’s privacy implications. However, on October 7, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari in Chestek PLLC v. Vidal, 2024 U.S. Lexis 3347 (2024), leaving in place the domicile [...]
Read moreTo combat misleading solicitations and trademark filing scams, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) recently applied for federal registration of the USPTO trademark and logo design. Third party scams have become a growing problem over the years for the USPTO, as well as for our clients and consumers. It not uncommon for trademark [...]
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court recently decided a landmark patent case. In United States v. Arthrex, Inc., the Court held that the appointment process of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”)’s administrative patent judges (“APJs”) was unconstitutional. The Court specifically considered whether APJs are “principal officers” who must be appointed by the President and confirmed by [...]
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