Fross Zelnick associate Alejandra Camacho Luna was recently invited to give an in-person lecture on trademarks to students attending a double-master-degree program at the Universidad de Navarra during the students’ visit to the NYC Campus of IESE Business School for International Legal Week. More
Fross Zelnick Partner Karen Lim Speaks to Law360
Allison Strickland Ricketts Quoted in Law360
Allison Strickland Ricketts was quoted in Law360 on the USPTO’s recent decision to shorten the period of time to respond to office actions relating to trademark applications from six months to three months, effective December 3, 2022.
The former six-month deadline was established when the Lanham Act took effect in the 1940s.More
Fross Zelnick Attorneys Successfully Opposed Trademark Application on Behalf of Client LEGO
On behalf of client LEGO Juris A/S — owner of the world-famous LEGO trademark — the firm successfully opposed in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office an application to register the mark ECO-BRICKS in connection with “toy building blocks” on grounds of descriptiveness.More
Allison Strickland Ricketts Teaches CLE on the USPTO’s Post-Registration Audit
Allison Strickland Ricketts teaches a CLE for the National Academy of Continuing Legal Education about the USPTO’s permanent post-registration audit program. This program requires trademark registrants who file a Declaration of Use to submit proof of use for two additional items in each class,More
Nadine H. Jacobson speaks to Managing Intellectual Property regarding the differences in navigating trademark offices in the US and EU
Managing Intellectual Property recently quoted Nadine H. Jacobson about how counsel manage trademark procedures across the globe. The difference in requirements for use and description and cancellation proceedings in the EU and US can call for a multi-strategy approach, since both agency’s policies have their pros and cons.More
New USPTO Requirements for All Applicants/Registrants
By Allison Strickland Ricketts
1. All Applicants/Registrants — Domicile Information (required now)
The
USPTO now requires all applicants and registrants to provide their physical
street address in order to establish their “domicile.” The USPTO requires
domicile information even if the trademark owner is represented by counsel.More
USPTO: Updates to Approved Identifications of Goods and Services
The USPTO periodically updates its database of approved
identifications of goods and services. https://idm-tmng.uspto.gov/id-master-list-public.html.
These changes often are made to conform
to updates in the international Nice Classification system. Another source of changes is user suggestions
to add identifications for types of goods/services or goods/services which are
not well-covered in the existing USPTO Manual of Acceptable Identifications.More