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Top Trademark Trends of 2020

Erik K Pelton

Uncle Ben’s, Eskimo Pie, Aunt Jemima, Washington Redskins, and Cleveland Indians are some of the brands began name changes or removed items from their logo in 2020. Changing decades of history and legal rights is not a simple task, as demonstrated by the football team’s temporary (or not?) © 2020 Erik M. All Rights Reserved.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2021 (Meta TMA edition)

Erik K Pelton

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. The record numbers of filings from 2020 and 2021 led to unprecedented backlogs at the USPTO. All Rights Reserved.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

All Rights Reserved. 2020: [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. 2019: [link].

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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. 7, 2020), [link] Craig Garthwaite et al., 2020), [link] see also Shaun R. 2020); Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n v. 20-512, 2020 WL 6150345 (U.S. ©2022. Published in Landslide , Vol. Reproduced with permission. Post (Sept.

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

The IP Law Blog

All rights reserved. 7, 2020), [link] Craig Garthwaite et al., 2020), [link] see also Shaun R. 2020); Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n v. 20-512, 2020 WL 6150345 (U.S. Published in Landslide , Vol. 4, June/July 2022, by the American Bar Association. Post (Sept.

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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. 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.