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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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Yu, 2021 WL 1518993, No. 16, 2021) Big Ligas is owned by three members equally: Daniel Echavarria, also known as Ovy; Christian Andres Salazar; and Paulo Londra. She allegedly falsely represented that she was authorized to deliver Londra’s “recording artist and songwriting services. False advertising: “That Ms.

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43(B)log

MAY 22, 2023

May 19, 2023) Whereas the timeshare false advertising cases might be making law largely applicable to other timeshare cases, what’s going on in the strip club advertising cases might have somewhat broader implications. The district court concluded that plaintiffs’ false endorsement claims were foreclosed by Electra v.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Indeed, the PTO has increased its focus on whether the use an applicant is making is trademark use, as opposed to ornamental or informational use, in its registration decisions. Professor Alexandra Roberts has written an excellent recent article on this, Trademark Failure to Function. A&N Trading Co.,

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