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Top Trademark Trends of 2021 (Meta TMA edition)

Erik K Pelton

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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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

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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Top Trademark Trends of 2020

Erik K Pelton

Given the timing, stay tuned for more details and analysis in early 2021 (assuming it becomes law). New USPTO trademark fees effective January 2, 2021. What is quite likely the largest trademark fee increase in U.S. history will go into effect on January 2, 2021, at the USPTO. Looking ahead to 2021.

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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

3, January/February 2021, by the American Bar Association. All rights reserved. 10 According to Fossil, the equity courts historically required plaintiffs to establish willfulness, or its historical equivalent, to obtain a profits award in trademark disputes. Published in Landslide , Vol.