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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

While substantially more applications for goods and services that include the terms “NFTs” and “non-fungible tokens” were filed in 2022 than 2021, the number of NFT applications began to decrease in the second half of 2022. All Rights Reserved. 2020: [link]. Metaverse and NFT Filings Decrease.

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