Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Top Trademark Trends of 2021. 2021 was a busy year in the world of trademarks. The act took effect on December 18, 2021, and its main aim is to help declutter the federal register of trademarks that are no longer or were never in use. The record numbers of filings from 2020 and 2021 led to unprecedented backlogs at the USPTO.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And the number of active trademark registrations in the USPTO database is larger than ever. Additionally, since late December 2021, when new procedures went into effect, the USPTO has received around 100 expungement petitions and about 100 re-examination petitions to get rid of registrations for marks that are allegedly not in use.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The number of applications filed, and registrations granted in FY2020 both grew over the prior year, to the highest in history. trademark registrations! When Congress passed the CARES Act in late March, it featured provisions allowing the USPTO to extend some deadlines for applicants and registrants for a few months.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

3, January/February 2021, by the American Bar Association. All rights reserved. Published in Landslide , Vol. Reproduced with permission. The Supreme Court first looked to the section of the Lanham Act governing remedies for trademark violations, 15 U.S.C.

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