Tag archives: USPTO

The New York Times Company Secures Registration of Six Column Names, Including LIKE A BOSS and THE NEW OLD AGE

By Kaylee A. Sill (US) on April 11, 2023 Posted in Trademark

In a precedential decision, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) reversed six refusals to register The New York Times Company’s (the “Times”) names of its newspaper columns, THE NEW OLD AGE, A GOOD APPETITE, HUNGRY CITY, WORK FRIEND, OFF THE SHELF, and LIKE A BOSS (the “Marks”). The Times applied to register the … Continue reading

TTAB Begins Pretrial Conference Pilot Program

By Stephanie Schmidt (US) on April 5, 2023 Posted in Trademark

This week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) introduced a new pilot program for holding Final Pretrial Conferences (FPC) in certain inter partes disputes (i.e., oppositions and cancellations) before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). The goal of the pilot, according to the USPTO, is “to save time and resources of parties … Continue reading

Do Not Be Fooled (Part 2): USPTO Issues Warning of Spoof Calls from Scammers

By Stephanie Schmidt (US) on February 3, 2023 Posted in General, Trademark

We have written previously on this blog warning of misleading solicitations. For years, scammers have impersonated the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in mailings, seeking payments from trademark owners for nonexistent services, such as trademark renewals. This week, the USPTO warned of a new scheme targeting trademark owners. The USPTO put out an … Continue reading

USPTO Adds 75 Climate and Green-Tech Terms to Trademark ID Manual

By Kaylee A. Sill (US) on January 27, 2023 Posted in Intellectual Property, Trademark

Earlier this month, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it is adding new climate and green tech-related terms to the Trademark ID Manual. The USPTO has already added 75 terms that include biomethane, research and development in the field of wind energy, and treatment of captured landfill gasses. Practically, the addition … Continue reading

TTAB revises its Rules of Practice

By Saul Perloff (US) on November 9, 2016 Posted in Trademark

The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) is amending its Rules of Practice, effective January 14, 2017. On October 7, 2016, TTAB published a notice of final rulemaking in the Federal Register describing the revisions. The new changes are intended to clarify and improve the efficiency of inter partes and ex parte appeal proceedings and … Continue reading