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Continued and Expanded Consistency Initiative | No. ____ |
6/23/2010
After assessing the Trademark Consistency Initiative Pilot Program, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO,” or “Office”) has decided to extend the program and make two significant changes. More...
Google France and Google Inc. et al. v Louis Vuitton Malletier et al. | Case Nos. C-236/08 to C-238/08 |
3/23/2010
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“Court”) has issued a decision in the trademark dispute between Google and leather-goods maker Louis Vuitton Malletier . More...
Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010 | S. 2968, Pub. Law No. 111-146, 124 Stat. 66 (2010) |
3/17/2010
The Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010 became effective on March 17, 2010, Pub. Law No. 111-146, 124 Stat. 66 (2010), according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). More...
Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Changing Correspondence Address | 37 CFR Parts 2 and 11, Docket No. PTO–T–2008–0021 |
10/26/2009
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO,” or ‘‘Office’’) has revised the Trademark Rules of Practice to set forth the requirements for signature of documents filed in the Office, recognition of representatives, and establishing and changing the correspondence address in trademark cases. More...
Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice | 37 CFR Parts 2, 3, 6 and 7, Docket No. PTO–T–2005–0018, RIN 0651–AB89 |
11/17/2008
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (‘‘USPTO’’) is amending the Trademark Rules of Practice to clarify certain requirements for applications, intent to use documents, amendments to classification, requests to divide, and Post Registration practice; to modernize the language of the More...
Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office | 37 CFR Parts 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, and 41 (Docket No.: PTO–C–2005–0013) RIN 0651–AB55 |
8/14/2008
Starting on September 18, 2008, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) will implement new rules governing the conduct of disciplinary investigations, issuance of warnings when closing such investigations, disciplinary proceedings, non-disciplinary transfer to disability inactive More...
To amend Title 35, United States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 | H.R.6362, S.3295 |
8/12/2008
U.S. President George Bush signed into law on August 12, 2008 a bill that transfers back the power to appoint administrative trademark and patent judges from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to the Secretary of Commerce, but constitutional questions still linger.
Previously, under the More...
Docket No. 070404076–7077–01, RIN 0693–AB57, 15 CFR Part 280 |
6/4/2007
The Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), together with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, has issued these amended rules that put into effect the Fastener Quality Act of 1999. These implementing rules provide More...
PTO–T–2005–014, 37 CFR Part 2, RIN 0651–AB56 |
8/1/2007
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) of the Department of Commerce has issued amendments to the Trademark Rules of Practice (trademark rules): (1) directing plaintiffs in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) inter partes proceedings to serve on defendants their complaints or More...
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