Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Top Trademark Trends of 2021. 2021 was a busy year in the world of trademarks. The uncertainties of COVID in a second year couldn’t stop huge application filing numbers and many developments in the world of trademarks. As of December 2021, filings are still high but have slowed in recent months.

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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! Hundreds of trademark applications filed this year referenced masks , COVID, quarantine, social distancing, and other pandemic topics. Looking ahead to 2021.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

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

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