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Top Trademark Trends of 2021 (Meta TMA edition)

Erik K Pelton

Here are what I found to be the most important trademark issues of the year: Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) goes into effect. The TMA was passed as part of the COVID relief bill in December 2020. Despite these steps, trademark applicants and registrants continue to be bombarded with scam mailings and communications.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

And the number of active trademark registrations in the USPTO database is larger than ever. Additionally, since late December 2021, when new procedures went into effect, the USPTO has received around 100 expungement petitions and about 100 re-examination petitions to get rid of registrations for marks that are allegedly not in use.

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