by Scott Brient | Oct 8, 2024 | Licensing and Strategic Advice, Patents
Is Your Patent Application Stuck in the Patent Office? Consider Using the Patent Office’s Ombudsman Program To Get it Back On Track Those who have regularly sought patent protection through the U.S. Patent Office will have likely realized that the patent review...
by Jennifer Fairbairn-Deal | Feb 29, 2024 | Licensing and Strategic Advice, Trademarks
Trade Dress Basics ❔What is trade dress: Trade dress is a product or service’s overall commercial image (or the “look and feel” of the product or service or its packaging). It can include the design or configuration of a product or the packaging of products. It can...
by Jennifer Fairbairn-Deal | Feb 7, 2024 | Licensing and Strategic Advice, Trademarks
The Pitfalls of DIY Trademark Registration: Why You Need a Trademark Attorney to Help Register Your Mark It seems appealing to handle your trademark registration on your own. It’s just some simple paperwork, right? And it’s cheaper, right? In reality, the application...
by Jennifer Fairbairn-Deal | Feb 2, 2024 | Licensing and Strategic Advice
In a recent precedential decision from a cancellation proceeding before the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board, the Board found that de minimis sales of amplifiers by the Respondent over the past six years in connection with the registered mark at issue constituted...
by Jennifer Fairbairn-Deal | Jan 30, 2024 | Licensing and Strategic Advice, Trademarks
When it comes to protecting your brand, one of the questions that often arises is whether you should get a state trademark registration. And we know the joke about lawyers – they always say, “It depends!” But it really does. First things first: What is a state...
