Beginning December 3, 2022, trademark registration applicants will have three months to respond to any office action issued during an examination by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This marks a reduction in time from six months to three months...
Thirty-five years after he died, Pittsburgh native Andy Warhol will be at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case this month to determine if he violated copyright law. Three years before his death in 1987, Warhol created a painting of the rock star Prince that was...
In late July, the United State Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) entered into two agreements with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) that are noteworthy. The first agreement, in the form of a memorandum of understating (MOU), is to undertake joint...
Much like how the orange construction barrels on the highway can reduce the travel lanes and create a long wait for drivers, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has been slowed down by a dramatic increase in fraudulent trademark filings over the past...
The old adage, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” is especially valid for trademark registration. Unscrupulous foreign-based companies, even though they claim to be headquartered here, have been taking advantage of small businesses hoping to register...
The unrelenting search for top-quality products at the lowest possible price has opened the door for counterfeiters to infiltrate the supply chain and digital marketplaces with their fake goods, causing concern on a global scale. After a year in which e-commerce...
