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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

All Rights Reserved. 2012: [link]. It will also be interesting to track how the recent economic uncertainties will impact the number of trademark application filings. © 2022 Erik M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Erik Pelton® has been making trademarks bloom since 1999 ® as the founder of Erik M. 2020: [link].

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Top Trademark Trends of 2021 (Meta TMA edition)

Erik K Pelton

All Rights Reserved. 2012: [link]. The USPTO’s key trademarks systems are still not mobile formatted, there is no useful trademark mobile phone app from the USPTO, and the filing forms are archaic by modern standards – perhaps 2022 will bring improvements to those systems. © 2021 Erik M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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From Open Access to Open Science; as open as possible as closed as necessary?

The IPKat

. - Under international treaties and legislation, it is not possible to create an autonomous scientific author whose works would merit different IP conditions from the ‘all rights reserved’ default rule. Exceptions related to scientific IPR should be legally maximised, avoiding as far as possible the risk of legal proceedings.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2020

Erik K Pelton

All Rights Reserved. 2012: [link]. The main story I will be following will be the impact of the fee increases, and whether it results in measurable drops in number of new applications from small businesses, the percentages of registrations renewed, and/or the numbers of appeals filed. © 2020 Erik M. 2018: [link].

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Attorneys Dorothy Whelan, Karl Renner, and Casey Kraning, Ph.D., Author National Law Journal Article “A Look Back on a Decade of Practice at the PTAB”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

The implementation of the America Invents Act in 2012 significantly changed patent practice in the United States, in part by creating an avenue to challenge a patent’s validity at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) without enduring the time and expense of district court litigation. All rights reserved.