Today marks 8 years since the launch of this blog in June of 2009.  More than 1,000 posts later, this post from that first day is still quite useful, and I still give clients this advice all the time. 5 quick tips for protecting your...

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Stay tuned next week for more analysis of this week’s Supreme Court trademark and First Amendment opinion in Matal v. Tam (aka The Slants).  One ramification may be changes to the way ‘scandalous’ or ‘immoral’ marks are reviewed by the USPTO.  Will this lead to...

In a case handled by our firm, the TTAB recently affirmed the refusal of the mark LITTLE MERMAID for use in connection with dolls. Will this decision have ramifications for other public domain names? For other goods? We will have to wait and see. The...

Here 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,...