How Do I File a Trademark Application?Trademark Services | Trademark Services
Trademark applications can be filed electronically through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (“USPTO”) website using the USPTO’s Trademark Electronic Application System (“TEAS”). The USPTO’s website allows you to file using either TEAS or TEAS Plus (the difference between these two will be explained in a future blog post). Alternatively, you can file your trademark […]
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board StatisticsTrademark Services | Trademark Services
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has released statistics for Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) proceedings. For the first and second quarters, appeals before the TTAB take approximately 49.7 weeks to resolve where as trial proceedings (oppositions, cancellations) take an average of 179.9 weeks to resolve. The statistics can be accessed here.
A Mark’s Non-Descriptive Meanings Insufficient to Avoid DescriptivenessTrademark Services | Trademark Services
In In re Kinetic Energy Corp., the applicant argued that its SOLARWINDOWS mark was not descriptive of “Solar-powered electricity generators”; “Apparatus for converting electronic radiation to electrical energy, namely, photovoltaic cladding panels; Apparatus for converting electronic radiation to electrical energy, namely, photovoltaic solar hybrid modules; Apparatus for converting electronic radiation to electrical energy, namely, photovoltaic […]
An Applicant Must Use the Trademark With All the Goods or Services in the ApplicationTrademark Services | Trademark Services
Applicants often wrongly assume that they only need to use their trademark with one of the goods or services listed in their trademark application. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office requires that an applicant use its trademark in connection with each and every good and service listed in the application either initially if the trademark […]
The Inaugural Post of the Trademark Sentinel BlogTrademark Services | Trademark Services
Welcome to the Trademark Sentinel Blog! As you may know if you have perused our website, Trademark Sentinel offers quality trademark legal services over the Internet principally to individuals, start-ups, and small businesses (although Trademark Sentinel does provide such services to larger companies as well) at very competitive rates. Through the website, users can order […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Updates The TTAB Manual Of ProcedureTrademark Services | Trademark Services
The TTAB Manual of Procedure (“TBMP”) is a manual that covers practice before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”), such as oppositions and cancellations. Until recently, the last edition of the TBMP was published in 2004. However, significant changes had occurred since 2004 that affected practice before the TTAB. Last month, The U.S. Patent and […]