Insight & commentary on TTAB Proceedings
Parties to trademark oppositions have tools at their disposal that have the potential to save money on trademark opposition attorneys by bringing about a swift resolution of the dispute. This is the idea behind the Accelerated Case Resolution (ACR) program of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
ACR allows for the parties to receive a…
Trademark applicants who are faced with a notice of trademark opposition have many online resources available to them in order to better acquaint themselves with the various statutes and rules that govern trademark opposition proceedings.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office website is the first and primary resource for learning about trade Mark oppositions. …
A trademark opposition is the result of a third–party filing a notice of opposition against a trademark owner’s application for registration of their trademark. A notice of opposition must be filed within 30 days after publication of the trademark application the official Gazette of the United States patent and trademark office.
The notice of opposition…
Recent Notice of Opposition proceedings or extensions of time that have been filed in the past week include the following:
Opposition No. 91203542: Urban Outfitters v. Urban Outlet
Here, the hip urban retailer seeks to prevent registration of the trademark Urban Outlet, by the company of the same name. The opposition alleges that the applicant’s…
