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Top Trademark Trends of 2020

Erik K Pelton

Many fees are going up, and several new fees have been created including fees for letters of protest, for some requests for reconsideration, and for hearings at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Unfortunately, there were few developments to report this year regarding the persistent scammers who target trademark owners.

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

The IP Law Blog

All rights reserved. 10 According to Fossil, the equity courts historically required plaintiffs to establish willfulness, or its historical equivalent, to obtain a profits award in trademark disputes. percent of apparel manufacturers, like Fossil, reported such problems. Published in Landslide , Vol.