What is a trademark reexamination?
Trademark reexamination: A new way of attacking registrations Back in the old days, you had to file a TTAB cancellation…
How To Avoid Trademark Confusion
What are similar trademarks? Maybe it’s just me, but it sure seems like the USPTO has become more aggressive in…
How To Choose A Trademark Attorney
Do you even need a trademark lawyer? Nowadays, there are so many options for filing a trademark application with the…
What are Supplemental Register pros and cons?
What does a registration on the Supplemental Register mean? Did you know that there are actually two different USPTO registers…
What is my trademark allowance rate?
What does trademark allowance rate mean? With so many options for trademark filing services, how do you compare one trademark…
What is a crowded field of third party registrations?
Has your trademark application received a Section 2(d) likelihood of confusion rejection? So your trademark application has been refused registration…
How to Request a Trademark Extension For Office Action
What is the new deadline to respond to trademark Office Actions? When you’ve practiced trademark law long enough, you take…
What is a house mark?
What does house mark mean? Normally, a trademark is tied to a particular product or service. You don’t register a…
What is a Section 1(a) use-based trademark application?
What is a use-based trademark application? A trademark application must always identify whether the mark has already been used on…
Can you register an acronym trademark?
Can you trademark an acronym? Acronyms are everywhere. They are like code language for those in the know. Even in…
How to Cancel a Trademark Registration
How to Cancel a Registered Trademark As recently as a year ago, this article would have been written quite differently.…
What is a common law trademark?
How are trademark rights determined in the US? In the US, trademark rights are generally given to the first one…