Tue.Aug 11, 2020

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What it means if you receive an “Extension of Time to Oppose” a trademark application

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of a video of mine, I received an Extension of Time to Oppose. When an application gets approval from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the next step is for it to be published in the Official Gazette , which used to be an actual physical publication but now it’s an online only publication, and every week hundreds or thousands of approved trademark applications are published in this Official Gazette.

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You, Me & IP Webinar Series: COVID, Boomers and Karens: Oh My!

Greenspoon Marder LLP

Featuring: Justin McNaughton, Partner and Sharon Urias, Partner “YOU, ME & IP” are monthly webinar discussions on the latest intellectual property trends. In the first program of this new monthly series, Greenspoon Marder IP attorneys discuss lively, unique pop culture trademark issues. You’ll hear about hundreds of pending trademark applications for “COVID,” and a bunch of trademark applications for “Ok […].

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New Federal Court Decision Provides for Greater Protection of Combination Drugs Under CETA

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

In 2017, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ( CETA ) came into force. CETA covers virtually all sectors and aspects of trade and aims to increase bilateral trade and investment between Canada and the EU. In order to comply with this agreement, Canada enacted the CETA Implementation Act ( CIA ) which provided for, among other things, the introduction of the Certificate of Supplementary Protection (CSP) to the Patent Act.