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. Trademark scams continued to proliferate, despite some increased efforts to crack down.
Erik K Pelton
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The year saw many trademark stories in the news as backlogs continued at the USPTO even while application filing numbers dropped from their all time highs during the two previous years. Here are the biggest trademark stories of 2022 that we have been following at EMP&A. Celebrity trademark messes. Queen of Christmas.
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Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
The first problem is that there is no “All Rights Reserved” option. While normally that would just be the default and not need to be spelled out, with NFTs there’s often an assumption of SOME rights transfer, making it more necessary. This means that other, connected, rights may not transfer.
Erik K Pelton
DECEMBER 28, 2020
And trademarks have been along for the ride. While there were not, in my opinion, any major court developments affecting trademark owners, there have been many other events and changes that have impacted the world of trademarks over the past 12 months. The year’s biggest story impacted trademarks in a few different ways.
Erik K Pelton
OCTOBER 1, 2022
While this podcast is predominantly about trademark issues, I do from time to time like to talk about other intellectual property issues, especially copyright issues. The following is an edited transcript of my video Proper Copyright Notice. In my case, that’s the firm’s business name, Eric M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC.
The TTABlog
OCTOBER 21, 2024
He also lectures annually for the Virginia bar on trademark law developments. John has kindly given me permission to provide a link to his latest effort, co-authored with his colleague, Dana Bosnic, entitled "2023-24 Trademark Developments." [pdf All rights reserved. pdf here ]. Contents I.
Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts
DECEMBER 22, 2022
The second era (sometimes referred to as the “Death Squad” era) saw an influx of practitioners into the practice, many of whom were inexperienced with practice at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and as a result had different degrees of success. All rights reserved.
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