On September 18 we participated in the 7th Annual American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section “Trademark Day” held at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. This annual gathering is an opportunity to meet other trademark practitioners, it’s also an opportunity to meet and interact with USPTO managing attorneys …
7th Annual ABA-IPL Trademark Day with the USPTO. Read More »
As an intellectual property right owner, you have the right to prevent the unauthorized importation of infringing goods into the U.S. Registered trademarks, trade names, and copyrights can be recorded with the with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agency. CBP can help trademark and copyright owners of registered and recorded rights to prevent …
An update on our prior blog about “Disparaging, immoral or scandalous” trademarks. As published before The Supreme Court of the United States ruled on June 19, 2018 that disparagement provision of Section 2(a) of the Trademark Act is facially unconstitutional because it violates the Free Speech clause of the First Amendment. Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act …
Canada became the 104th member of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks, which now covers 120 countries. The Madrid Protocol allows US applicants to extend protection of their US applications/registrations to member countries. To qualify under the System the Applicant has to have: A) A real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in a contracting party; …
From May 18-May 22 we participated in the Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Inta’s Annual meeting is a gathering of 11,000+ attendees from 150+ countries and 160 Exhibitors. We had the opportunity to meet Brand Owners, Corporate Counsels, and our network of foreign …
