TTABulator

Trademark oppositions and cancellations are quite different from applications and office actions, even if they share much of the same body of law. The procedures, deadlines, dockets, rules, and writing styles are all different. If the very thought of a Notice of Opposition or Petition for Cancellation makes you nervous, this is the class for you. Whether you have never handled a TTAB case, or have handled a few but would like to learn the process in more depth, this course will deliver including, templates for pleadings, motions, and discovery.

The 2.5 hours TTABulous course features Erik Pelton sharing experience from nearly 20 years and dozens of TTAB cases.

• Click here for more information and a syllabus.
• Click here to purchase replay ($697)
• Click here to purchase workbook ($497) – This unique TTAB workbook features more than 150 templates and samples covering pleadings, motions, discovery, testimony, case resolution, and much more. (You can use image of the workbook cover please – attached)

Testimonials for Erik and Sonia’s courses:

• The course was great and came at the right time for me as I am adding more and more trademark work to my core patent practice. The material answered directly some simple practical questions I had – e.g., how to retrieve only registered live marks in a search and downloading multiple records for evidence – and also provided valuable depth to legal arguments for traversing refusals. Kudos to Sonia and Erik! ” — BETSY DOWD
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Some unique circumstances led to our recent filing (publicly available) of this “Request for Reconsideration & Motion for Relief from Judgment.” Prior counsel for the Applicant was being investigated by the Office of Enrollment and Discipline at the time of the key activities in the case, namely responding to a motion for summary judgment.

See below for more details and the request for relief from the TTAB pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Pr. 60(b).

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The full history of the matter is available here:

http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91211392&pty=OPP

Last week, several notable and interesting trademark opposition cases were filed at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO:

• A company opposed the POLAR VORTEX trademark application for use with clothing
• ROLLING STONE magazine opposed registration of PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE for shirts and caps
• University of Oregon opposed registration of RUN OREGON for apparel (so does the University claim to control use of the geographic state term “Oregon” on all clothing?)
• The estate of Michael Jackson opposed registration of the KINGOFPOP and KINGOFPOP.COM Logos below for use with popcorn

• Selfie Inc. opposed registration of SELFIE + for Downloadable camera app for photo distribution
• The Edison Institute DBA The Henry Ford (which includes the Henry Ford museum and attracts nearly 2 million visitors) opposed THE WRIGHT BROTHERS bumper stickers and other items from The Wright Family Foundation

As with Oppositions in general, many of these cases will be likely settled. Some of the application will likely be abandoned. Neither action is necessarily an indication of whether the claims had legal merit.

Below are the records of recent Opposition filings at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board from approximately September 26 to October 3 , 2014. These records are taken from the public records of the US Patent and Trademark Office. To subscribe to future updates, see the bottom of this post ↓

For the full Trademark Trial and Appeal Board records of any proceeding, click the “TTABVue” link in the left column. Note that the listings for proceedings involving logos, multiple marks, multiple plaintiffs, or multiple defendants may be incomplete.

Below are the records of recent Opposition filings at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board from approximately September 19 to 26 , 2014. These records are taken from the public records of the US Patent and Trademark Office. To subscribe to future updates, see the bottom of this post ↓

For the full Trademark Trial and Appeal Board records of any proceeding, click the “TTABVue” link in the left column. Note that the listings for proceedings involving logos, multiple marks, multiple plaintiffs, or multiple defendants may be incomplete.

Below are the records of recent Opposition filings at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board from approximately September 12 to 19 , 2014. These records are taken from the public records of the US Patent and Trademark Office. To subscribe to future updates, see the bottom of this post ↓

For the full Trademark Trial and Appeal Board records of any proceeding, click the “TTABVue” link in the left column. Note that the listings for proceedings involving logos, multiple marks, multiple plaintiffs, or multiple defendants may be incomplete.