USPTO Extends Answer Filing Deadline in TTAB Proceedings to 60 Days

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that the deadline for a party to file an answer or other acceptable response in a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) opposition or... Read more »

Incorporation by Reference Forfeits Argument on Appeal: TTAB

In In re Princeton Equity Group, LLC, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) clarified that incorporating by reference an argument made in previous prosecution filings is an insufficient assertion of that... Read more »

USPTO Transitioning Petition for Cancellation Filings to New TTAB Center

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) customers can now file petitions for cancellation on its new TTAB Center system and that, starting July... Read more »

Reputational Harm in the US Without Use Supports Statutory Entitlement to Oppose: TTAB

In Plumrose Holding Ltd. v. USA Ham LLC, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) held that opposer Plumrose Holding Ltd. was statutorily entitled to oppose the registration of USA Ham LLC’s... Read more »

Improper Transformation of Section 66(a) Application Is Not Valid Basis for Opposition: TTAB

In the precedential opinion Alfred Sarmento v. Maria Manuela Pinho DE Carvalho, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) held that the alleged improper transformation of a Section 66(a) application into a... Read more »
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