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,...

Two years ago, just before the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I hypothesized that Star Wars might be the most valuable intellectual property ever created, given all that it has spawned (movies, TV, books, licensing, toys, apparel, and much more) and the rich...

I recently came across a peculiar situation for the first time: a  person not affiliated with Applicant filed a correspondence change with the USPTO via TEAS. The only change was to add an additional email address to the record. They did this just before the registration issued....

The USPTO website has a unique page with the records of each pending application and each registration. It even has many old (‘dead’) applications and registrations. These pages are accessible via Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) at http://tsdr.uspto.gov. What does TSDR do? TSDR may...