Redskins redux 2
I didn’t have a chance to mention that last month, the order denying the legal challenge to the Washington Redskin’s use of its trademark American... Read more
Tag: PTO Practice
The only unmentionable trademark?
We alluded to this story in an earlier post. Evidently Daman Wayans’s attempt to file a trademark application for the word “Nigga” continues to hit... Read more
No more Wikipedia…
… for Patent Examiners. Trademark practitioners are, however, still stuck with it and its unpredictable effects. Originally posted 2014-08-07 16:31:44. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
How to describe a Catch 22
Michael Hall considers the PTO’s “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” policy, by which it uses trademark registrations as evidence to refuse new applications on... Read more
Canada: Courts can distinguish TM fraud from error
Larry Munn: The Federal Court recently made clear that Canadian law does not recognize a rule equivalent to the U.S. doctrine of fraud on the... Read more
Mutilated marks
The TTABlog tracks the latest learning on “mutilated” (incomplete) trademarks, or at least purportedly incomplete ones. You just have to read John Welch’s blog on... Read more
What’s all this I hear about geographically misdescriptive?
The TTABlog presents, in effect, a primer, based on a recent Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision, on the concept of why you cannot register... Read more
Don’t mutilate my mark!
John Welch treats us to another edition of “You Be the Judge” — well, he calls it something slightly else, but whatever — and asks... Read more
Whitewashed
Am I missing something here? Did you know that the terms “Black Power,” “Black Supremacy,” and “La Raza” (The Race) are all trademarks that have... Read more
I enjoy being a trademark lawyer
John Welch at the TTABlog® has up what even he acknowledges is an “excit[ing]” post, in which he both imagines himself a woman and quotes... Read more
Thoughts on Welch’s thoughts on PTO fraud
The TTABlog®‘s John Welch shares his thoughts from on “fraud on the PTO in the post-Bose era. Excerpt: So how does one plead a fraud... Read more
Ed T and the Trademark Dimensions
Explanatory introduction to a virtual guest post by Ed Timberlake: I say if it's yours and you post in on an embeddable platform, you've given... Read more
TTAB reminds everyone who’s in charge
The TTABlog on what every TTAB practitioner knows: The Board still elevates form over substance in one really dumb way: Several trademark practitioners on the... Read more
In a family way
I’ve written, as is my wont, at great length regarding my skepticism about the “family of trademarks” concept. Well, once you’ve digested that, you may... Read more