There are quite a few fun “March” trademarks. Many seem the be inspired by the success of March Madness. And they are fun because they are often alliterative and/or have a double meaning in the word “March.” Here are some of my favorites – note...

Intellectual Property Rights Seizures Statistics report for Fiscal Year 2013 was released this week. The full report is here: http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2013%20IPR%20Stats.pdf According to the rerport, “In Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 the number of IPR seizures increased nearly 7% to 24,361 from 22,848 in FY 2012. The manufacturer’s suggested retail...

TPAC, the USPTO’s Trademark Public Advisory Committee, recently released its annual report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013. The full report is available here: http://www.uspto.gov/about/advisory/tpac/TPAC_Annual_Report_2013.pdf The report appropriately commends the USPTO trademark operations, the TTAB and other divisions for great work and for exceeding many...

“March Madness” got under way last week. There are many  unique and creative team names (and trademarks) in this years brackets. Some are from big schools, some are not. Suprpisingly, several are not protected at the USPTO! Here are my favorites from this year’s tournament...

Here is another update of recent client registrations from the public records for readers to see real examples of brands and marks which are being protected [click trademark or logo to open USPTO records in a new window]: – Cutlery; hunting knives; pocket knives; tactical...