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How to Choose a Trademark Opposition Attorney

What factors matter in choosing a trademark opposition attorney? So your trademark application was approved and on track to a registration. Then it got derailed.…

Can you suspend or extend trademark opposition deadlines?

What is the difference between a suspension and an extension of trademark opposition deadlines? Each trademark opposition will have deadlines set by the TTAB. When…

What To Do When Your Trademark Registration Is Not Renewed

What happens when a trademark registration is not renewed? Trademark registrations have strict time periods for renewal. In trademark vocabulary, “renewing” a registered trademark is…

How to Trademark a Logo: Can you register a design mark similar to a word mark?

How does a design mark application compare to a word mark registration? To register a trademark without regard to style, a trademark application may typically…

How to Match Specimens of Use with Your Applied-for Trademark

What exactly is the applied-for mark in your trademark application or registration? One of the most common errors in a trademark application is a mismatch…

Final Rejection: How to Respond to a Trademark Final Office Action

What is a final trademark rejection or Final Office Action? Known as a Final Office Action, a final trademark rejection is typically a second rejection…

What is a failure to function as a trademark refusal?

What is a refusal based on a failure to function as a trademark? A certain type of trademark rejection seems to be occurring more frequently:…

What are confusable trademarks and examples of non-confusable trademarks?

What does confusable mean? To be registrable, a mark must not have a likelihood of confusion with any registered trademarks. In other words, an applied-for…

USPTO Consistency Initiative: What can you do about inconsistent trademark examination?

Has trademark examination become more inconsistent? Trademarks share a common feature with patents in that a trademark must be different in order to be registered.…

What is the delay defense (laches) in a TTAB trademark cancellation?

What is laches? Laches is a fancy legal term meaning delay. If there has been delay in filing a TTAB trademark cancellation, laches might be…

What is a TTAB summary judgment motion?

What is a TTAB summary judgment motion? A TTAB summary judgment motion is a pretrial filing made to request an earlier decision in a trademark…

Why Does An Earlier Trademark Filing Date Matter?

Why does an early trademark filing date matter? Why would it matter to be the first to file your trademark application with the USPTO? US…

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