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In Pro-Football, the Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) cancelled the Washington football team’s several “Redskins” marks citing the disparagement provision of the Lanham Act. [read post]
4 Oct 2016, 11:30 am by Michael E. Strauss and Njeri Chasseau
The Slants have contested the federal ban’s constitutionality ever since the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) denied the band name trademark registration based on a conclusion that the proposed mark was offensive to Asian-Americans. [read post]
4 Oct 2016, 11:30 am by Michael E. Strauss and Njeri Chasseau
The Slants have contested the federal ban’s constitutionality ever since the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) denied the band name trademark registration based on a conclusion that the proposed mark was offensive to Asian-Americans. [read post]
3 Oct 2016, 7:37 am by Amy Howe
Patent and Trademark Office’s cancellation of the team’s trademarks. [read post]
3 Oct 2016, 3:08 am by Kevin LaCroix
The United States Patent and Trademark Office denied the Slants’ trademark registration under Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, barring disparaging trademark registrations. [read post]
3 Oct 2016, 2:15 am by U.S.P.T.O.
Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to set or adjust certain patent fees, as authorized by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). [read post]
2 Oct 2016, 8:31 am by Kevin Goldberg
Long-time readers know that that’s the law which allows the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to refuse to issue federal registrations to offensive trademarks, i.e., marks that “may disparage … persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt or disrepute. [read post]
30 Sep 2016, 7:31 am by Kevin Goldberg
Long-time readers know that that’s the law which allows the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to refuse to issue federal registrations to offensive trademarks, i.e., marks that “may disparage … persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt or disrepute. [read post]
29 Sep 2016, 8:30 am by Eugene Volokh
Based on that provision, the Patent and Trademark Office barred the registration of THE SLANTS (I use all-caps for this in this post, to follow trademark opinion style), a trademark used by Simon Tam’s Asian American musical group of that name. [read post]
29 Sep 2016, 8:14 am by Amy Howe
Patent and Trademark Office to register the band’s name. [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 2:15 am by Press Releases
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), a tribunal of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), has become an increasingly popular and efficient venue for resolving patent validity challenges since it was given increased responsibilities five years ago through the enactment of the America Invents Act (AIA). [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 3:32 pm by Jo Dale Carothers
  Does that mean such patents would be rejected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) or invalidated by a court? [read post]
14 Sep 2016, 10:54 am by Gene Quinn
Hopefully the United States Patent and Trademark Office will not ignore McRo and will issue guidance to patent examiners. [read post]
13 Sep 2016, 3:55 am by Lindsey A. Zahn
A recent application before the United States Patent and Trademark Office sought to register the mark The Beachhouse, A Wine by Douglas Green (in standard characters) for wines in International Class 33 on the Principal Register. [read post]
13 Sep 2016, 3:45 am by Lindsey A. Zahn
A recent application before the United States Patent and Trademark Office sought to register the mark Old Americana (in standard characters) for alcoholic beverage except beers in International Class 33. [read post]
8 Sep 2016, 4:38 pm by Audrey A Millemann
  The EUTM is a trademark that is valid and can be enforced in all member states of the EU. [read post]
7 Sep 2016, 8:07 am by Tom
The Office of Inspector General, following up on a report from last year about a patent examiner who had received $25,000 by falsely claiming worked hours, has just released a report on two concurrent studies of about 80% of the 10,000 examiners at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [read post]