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Top Trademark Trends of 2021 (Meta TMA edition)

Erik K Pelton

Top Trademark Trends of 2021. 2021 was a busy year in the world of trademarks. The act took effect on December 18, 2021, and its main aim is to help declutter the federal register of trademarks that are no longer or were never in use. The record numbers of filings from 2020 and 2021 led to unprecedented backlogs at the USPTO.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

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. All Rights Reserved. Past issues of Top Trademark Trends: 2021: [link].

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Top Trademark Trends of 2020

Erik K Pelton

Given the timing, stay tuned for more details and analysis in early 2021 (assuming it becomes law). New USPTO trademark fees effective January 2, 2021. history will go into effect on January 2, 2021, at the USPTO. Looking ahead to 2021. All Rights Reserved. For more, see Is This a Trademark Scam?®.

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A Brave New World: The NCAA’s New NIL Policy and the Need for Federal Legislation

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All rights reserved. 2] The Court issued its decision on June 21, 2021. The NCAA responded by changing its policy effective July 1, 2021. [3]. On June 21, 2021, the U.S. On June 30, 2021, the governing bodies of the NCAA passed a policy that suspended all NCAA NIL rules for incoming and current students. [23]

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A Brave New World: The NCAA’s New NIL Policy and the Need for Federal Legislation

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All rights reserved. 2] The Court issued its decision on June 21, 2021. The NCAA responded by changing its policy effective July 1, 2021. [3] On June 21, 2021, the U.S. On June 30, 2021, the governing bodies of the NCAA passed a policy that suspended all NCAA NIL rules for incoming and current students. [23]

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Meeting of the Minds: The Price of Recklessness: Disgorgement of Pro?ts in a Post-Romag World

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3, January/February 2021, by the American Bar Association. All rights reserved. Published in Landslide , Vol. Reproduced with permission.