JD Supra Law

JANUARY 17, 2025

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced changes to trademark fees, all of which will take effect on Jan. 18, 2025, except for the fees for international applications filed under the Madrid Protocol, which will take effect on Feb.

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 6, 2025

The Amazon Brand Registry allows owners of a trademark to protect their goods from counterfeiters and those infringing on the brand. In other words, by filing a trademark application with the USPTO, one can get into the Registry with Amazon in just a matter of days.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The three that can be registered – in different ways and for different lengths – are patents, trademarks, and copyrights. A patent generally protects inventions while a copyright protects an original work of creativity.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

During our conversation we begin by briefly talking about patent strategy, but then move quickly to brand protection, trademarks, trade dress and effectively working with customs agencies around the world.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 23, 2024

trademark owners intellectual property, and threaten the safety of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), from enforcing any trademark that was stolen. In 2024, Americas legislators continued their effort to fight against the harmful impact of counterfeit products being sold to American consumers.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 28, 2025

It is taking longer to get a patent. Since 2020, the average time from patent filing to receiving the first action from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has risen from 14 months to 21 months, a 50% increase in only five years.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today released an official Artificial Intelligence Strategy aimed at outlining the challenges faced by the Office both internally and externally, as the reach of AI impacts all aspects of innovation and society.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a live meeting for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET) Partnership Series. Overall, AI is increasingly used in biotechnology, however biotechnology AI patenting is diffusing across all technologies, owners, and inventor-patentees. that filed U.S.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 21, 2025

trademark registration for your trademark on goods or services for your business. Can your trademark registration be cancelled with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office based on genericness? If so, what is the appropriate time period for assessing whether a trademark is generic? The answer is YES!

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will increase patent fees and even create some new ones. Effective January 19, 2025, the U.S. A Final Rule, issued Nov. 20, instituted a 7.5% across-the-board increase with new utility applications increasing by about 10%.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 14, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video Most Valuable Trademark Features of the USPTO Website. Patent and Trademark Office has a very robust website that has tons of useful information? TEAS stands for the Trademark Electric Application System (T-E-A-S acronym). Did you know that the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Every month, Erise’s trademark attorneys review the latest developments at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in the courts, and across the corporate world to bring you the stories that you should know about: 9th Cir. OAI) and its president Guy Ravine in a trademark infringement matter brought by OpenAI, Inc.

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Trademark IP Patent 115

Erik K Pelton

JULY 5, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video The Trademark Scam Decision Tree. Past listeners and viewers of my videos and podcasts will know that from time to time I provide an update and more information about trademark scams, and the time has come once again. Patent and Trademark Office and their logos.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 6, 2021

The following is a transcript of my video Vaccinate Your Brand with Trademark Registration. Trademark registration is like a vaccine to protect your brand from harms and dangers and risks, because when we get vaccinated, we’re boosting our immune system. I actually heard a friend of mine yesterday refer to it as half-cinated.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) updated subject matter eligibility guidance was October 16, and the Office received 24 total submissions. The 19 posted thus far overwhelmingly call for more detail in the guidance in order to avoid undue restrictions on patentability of critical artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 1, 2025

Courts are divided on whether their power to order the cancellation of trademark registrations extends to still pending trademark applications under review by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 5, 2024

However, obtaining patent protection for AI/ML-based inventions in life sciences can be difficult, particularly due to the challenges posed by US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 101, which governs patentable subject matter. By: Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Erik shares details about what differentiates patents, trademarks, and copyrights from each other in this episode. The post 25 Differences Between Patent, Copyright and Trademark appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Trademark Copyright Patent 130

Erik K Pelton

JULY 23, 2024

What are the distinctions between patents, trademarks, and copyrights? To schedule a free initial consultation, visit [link] The post Patent, Trademark, and Copyright: Definitions and Differences appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. What are the distinctions between patents, trademarks, and copyrights?

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Patent and Trademark Office faces unprecedented challenges as recent executive directives force dramatic changes to its operations. Continue reading this post on Patently-O. by Dennis Crouch The U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2025

Patent and Trademark Offices (USPTOs) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has jurisdiction over expired patents brought before it in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. While the CAFC has previously ruled in appeals from the PTAB involving expired patents, it has not squarely addressed the subject until now.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 14, 2021

A new report from the Department of Commerce, the agency of which the USPTO is a part, was released last week following its ” audit of the United States Patent and trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) efforts to improve the accuracy of the trademark register” that began in April of 2020. counsel rule.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today published a final rule announcing across-the-board fee increases of 7.5% but scrapping the most controversial proposals from its April 2024 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The changes will take effect as of January 19, 2025.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on the DHC’s decision regarding consumer confusion in “Hush Products”, US antitrust case against numerous publishing houses, strategy to register trademarks in grayscale, and DHC’s decision on claim amendments.

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Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Pelton & Associates (EMP&A) is a boutique firm focusing on intellectual property protection for businesses and brands, including trademark and copyright applications, trademark disputes, matters with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, trademark clearance searches, and other matters.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

Are we talking about real or theoretical trademark confusion? What makes one trademark too similar to another? When you are thinking of a new product name to apply for, how do you avoid choosing a mark that might get rejected for being confusable with other trademarks? Need to apply for a trademark that avoids confusion?

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced increased patent and trademark fees effective 19 and 18 January 2025, respectively. By: K&L Gates LLP

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

recent circular on procurement of drugs, non-obviousness test under the patents law, and the Hamburg Regional Court’s decision in Robert Kneschke v LAION e.V. for using deceptively similar trademarks, “HOSPIGRIP” and “HOSPICUFF,” on medical devices. This and a lot more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review.

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Personality Rights Trademark Social Media Patent Law 104

The IPKat

JANUARY 8, 2025

A story came to this Kat's attention at the end of last year , which highlights that developing a good trademark strategy sometimes requires good awareness of plant variety names. The examiner found no conflicting trademarks, so the word mark application was allowed. This included both a word mark and a figurative mark.

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Patently-O

MARCH 12, 2025

March 12, 2025) In an interesting trademark decision, the Federal Circuit has clarified that terms once considered generic do not necessarily remain permanently unregistrable. provides important guidance on genericness timing and addresses a question of first impression in trademark law. Continue reading this post on Patently-O.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 8, 2025

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will implement a new fee schedule this month, introducing significant changes across all fee categories, including initial trademark application filing fees. By: Foster Garvey PC

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 13, 2025

Every month, Erises trademark attorneys review the latest developments at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in the courts, and across the corporate world to bring you the stories that you should know about: USPTO Trademark Filing Fees Set to Increase in January 2025. Effective January 18, 2025, the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") has issued its Final Rule adjusting filing fees at all stages of the trademark application and maintenance filing process. The new fees will take effect on January 18, 2025. By: Miller Canfield

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The US Supreme Court has denied cert on several cases involving patents and trademarks, meaning that the Court will not consider the appeals and the lower court rulings will stand. By: AEON Law

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2025

Case Summaries Gilead Sciences Inc vs Union Of India on 19 December, 2024 (Madras High Court) Image from here The writ petition pertains to a patent application filed by the petitioner, which was contested by the 4 th respondent through a post-grant opposition. Nirmala Agarwal Prop of Karmyogi vs B.C

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 13, 2025

How long does it take to get a design patent? On average, a design patent application can take about 16 months for the initial examination. In fact, we have seen design patent applications take two to three years for the initial review by the examiner. Need to speed up your design patent application?

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Was your trademark application rejected again? It can be frustrating to receive a second refusal in your trademark application. Let’s explore smarter options when your trademark application is rejected again. Need to overcome a second trademark rejection? Trademark rejected again for being merely descriptive?

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