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The Madrid Protocol - January 2024

JD Supra Law

The United States is a party to the Madrid Protocol, an international treaty simplifying and centralizing the process for registering trademarks on an international basis. This treaty allows owners of U.S.

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2024 Changes to International Trademark Classifications

LexBlog IP

2024 Changes to International Trademark Classifications by Melanie Lane Understanding WIPO’s 2024 Nice Classification Changes: Impact on the USPTO’s §6.1 of 37 CFR Part 6, aligning it with the 12th edition, version 2024, of the Nice Classification published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

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Erik K Pelton - Untitled Article

Erik K Pelton

Pelton & Associates, PLLC ® (“EMP&A”), in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, published on March 26, 2024, in the Federal Register at 89 Fed. 20,897 (March 24, 2024) (“Rulemaking”). trademark prosecution, maintenance, and litigation. trademark registrations. 3] The Lanham Act (15 U.S.C.

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Divided 9th Circuit Says District Court Has Power to Adjudicate TM Applications

The TTABlog

Section 1119 of the Trademark Act gives a federal district court the power to "determine the right to registration, order cancelation of registrations, in whole or in part, restore canceled registrations, and otherwise rectify the register with respect to the registrations of any party to the action."

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CAFC Affirms TTAB Dismissal of Consolidated Cancellations Due to Lack of Entitlement to a Statutory Cause of Action

The TTABlog

The CAFC affirmed the Board's dismissal of two petitions for cancellation on the ground of lack of entitlement to a statutory cause of action under Section 1064 of the Trademark Act. May 23, 2024) [Precedential]. registrations are cancelled, not marks - ed. ]. Luca McDermott Catena Trust v. Fructuoso-Hobbs SL , Appeal No.

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RAW power: over dissent, 9th Circuit orders trial on infringement, cancellation of TM applications

43(B)log

4th -, 2024 WL 1356981, Nos. plaintiff's RAW defendant's Raw Garden Also over a dissent, the panel finds that a court can order trademark applications cancelled, not just registrations. The panel did affirm the refusal to cancel defendant’s registrations on grounds of unlawful use, since they weren’t for unlawful items.)

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 1- January 7)

SpicyIP

Wrapping up the first week of 2024, here is a brief recap of our hard-hitting post on TKDL, the detailed comments on the draft Calcutta High Court IPR Division Rules, and an informative take on scandalous and obscene trademark prosecution in India. Discussing the historical foundation of refusing registration to such marks Prof.