Below is the penultimate page I received yesterday in filing a simple online response to an Office Action at the USPTO. The amount of text, the formatting, the number of warnings, are the opposite of user friendly. It’s no wonder businesses are better served by...
Read MoreNow that the UK has voted to leave the EU, a messy process will begin to formally separate the country from the union. One issue to be resolved is the affect of the “Brexit” on UK trademark rights for holders of Community Trademarks (aka CTM...
Read MoreLast week, I received a trademark solicitation regarding a trademark registration renewal. The company calls itself “Trademark Renewal Service” with an address in Washington, DC. See the image of their mailing that I scanned below. The document could easily be mistaken as coming from the government – the...
Read MoreHere is another update of recent Erik M. Pelton & Associates client trademark registrations obtained from the public records of the USPTO so readers can see real examples of brands and marks which are being protected – and the wide range of variety in brand names,...
Read MoreSince my last Trump inspired post in December, there have been many more trademark filings inspired by businessman and presidential candidate Donald Trump. Many are likely to be rejected by the USPTO because they create a false suggestion, or because they fail to function as a mark, or...
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