Below you'll find a list of all posts from 2022
No attorney is an island. No one is successful by themselves. The truth is it takes a village – whether you work for a firm, work for yourself and have support staff, or have the support of your family and friends, none of us succeeds by ourselves. I’m often asked by other attorneys the best way to find a mentor. …
In this week’s continuation of our top 10 tips of how to successfully build your trademark practice, we are going to focus on the importance of legal networking and how to plant the seeds, so you can reap the rewards of your business development efforts for years to come. Last week we talked about how you can get started in …
Nearly every business needs a trademark and adding trademark law to your transactional law practice might be the right move for you. Developing a solo practice in any area of law is not for the faint at heart, but after years of working as a trademark attorney, over the next two weeks, I’m going to share with you my best …
The Ohio State University (OSU) has been granted what many in our profession believe to be a silly, unenforceable trademark, having received a federal trademark registration for the word “THE” for various clothing items in the field of sports and college athletics. U.S. Registration Number 6763118 was issued to OSU on June 21, 2022. Does this mean that OSU can …
USPTO Sanctions Over 30 Low-Cost DIY Trademark Filing Websites On January 25, 2022, the USPTO issued sanctions against Abtach Ltd., 360 Digital Marketing LLC, and Retrocube LLC all believed to be operating out of Pakistan (“Respondents”). These entities were operating under thirty different trade names to file trademark applications for consumers, including Trademark Terminal, Trademark Regal, and US Trademark Solutions, …
