Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The number of applications filed, and registrations granted in FY2020 both grew over the prior year, to the highest in history. trademark registrations! When Congress passed the CARES Act in late March, it featured provisions allowing the USPTO to extend some deadlines for applicants and registrants for a few months.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 31, 2021

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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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

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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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

All rights reserved. Supreme Court issued numerous landmark decisions in 2020, among those—for trademark scholars and practitioners— Romag Fasteners, Inc. 1492 (2020) (Gorsuch, J.). 1492 (2020) (No. 1492 (2020) (No. 20, 2018), [link] intellectual-property-rights-yes-really. R omag , 140 S.

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