October 13, 2022

Beginning on December 3, 2022, instead of the current six months, trademark applicants will have three months (with a possible three-month extension) to respond to an office action issued during the examination of a trademark application at the United States…

May 17, 2022

Starting May 24, approximately two weeks earlier than previously announced, the USPTO will begin issuing electronic registration certificates. The new date accelerates the benefits of the electronic certificates and addresses a recent paper vendor disruption. Due to the disruption, the…

May 10, 2022

According to a new study, trademark filings can serve as valuable indicators for investors. Researchers found that using a “trademark intensity” ratio (annual number of trademark filings per year divided by total assets for the year) trading strategy produced returns…

May 2, 2022

On June 7, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will begin issuing electronic trademark registration certificates. Upon issuance, the electronic registration certificate will be the official registration certificate. After the USPTO begins issuing electronic registration certificates, trademark…

October 22, 2021

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board found that our client, Aerotrek IP Holdings, LLC, had established by a preponderance of the evidence that AeroTrek Applicant’s mark for its identified services so resembles Opposer’s AEROTREK mark in block letters for its…

October 4, 2021

Veteran Sports Attorney, Jill McBride Baxter, and Charlie Meyer discuss what athletes should do to protect their name or logo in the the context of NIL.  They talk about the ability (or inability) to use university marks in everything from pitches…

September 20, 2021

Entities such as Patent and Trademark Office, LLC, and Patent and Trademark Bureau, LLC give a false impression that they are the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), scamming more than 2,900 U.S. trademark registrants out of millions of…

December 22, 2020

As you likely know, due to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union (Brexit), current European Union (EU) Trademark Registrations will no longer cover the territory of the United Kingdom. However, existing EU Registrations will continue to cover the remaining…

October 15, 2020

Flavor Burst is a leading manufacturer of flavor and candy delivery equipment for frozen confections. The company designs and manufactures self-serve dispensing systems that increase a restaurant and retail establishments’ menu flavor offerings for soft service ice cream, shakes, slushies,…

April 25, 2019

Charlie Meyer was quoted in The Indiana Lawyer article, “Say What?: Trademark Case Tests ‘Scandalous,’ ‘Immoral’ Standards.” What’s more, the scandalous and immoral clause seemingly gives the government permission to treat some businesses differently than others based on the trademark…

April 18, 2019

When registering a trademark, the Patent and Trademark Office requires the submission of a specimen to show that a trademark is being used in interstate commerce.  It is often tempting to simply submit a screenshot of a webpage showing the…

February 1, 2012

With Super Bowl week already in full swing in Indianapolis, we wanted to remind you of some of the legal issues surrounding ambush marketing in view of the clean zone ordinance put in place by the City of Indianapolis.  Ambush…