By Thomas F. Zuber and Jan Jensen of Zuber & Taillieu LLP
The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005 (“TDRA”) does not require proof of “substantial similarity” between the marks in question for a trademark owner to establish dilution by blurring. In Starbucks Corp. v. Wolfe’s Borough Coffee, Inc., 588 F.3d 97 (2nd… More...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
