On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (H.R. 133 – as enrolled) which included the full text of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) as modified from the versions originally introduced on March 11, 2020 as H.R. 6196 and S. 3449. See H.R. 133 at 1019-1029; […]
On February 5, 2020, the USPTO announced the appointment of a new Commissioner of Trademarks, David Gooder, who is scheduled to begin on March 2, 2020.
On November 27, 2024, the USPTO announced that it has amended its Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (“TMEP” or, “the Manual”). The changes are summarized at the beginning of the November 2024 version of TMEP – under the Section called “Change Summary,” spanning about 44 pages, if printed. These edits can be broken into several […]
On January 2, 2021, the USPTO’s new trademark filing fees went into effect, applicable to trademark application prosecution matters, as well as proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. See prior post, entitled “USPTO Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Revised Trademark Filing Fees,” Privacy and IP Law Blog (June 19, 2020). Among the […]
Below is an index for the articles posted on the Privacy and IP Law Blog during 2009. They are sorted below into two groupings: first, by date (in reverse chronological order) and then by category (including an item count showing how many posts fit into each category). Topics Covered, Sorted by Date (in Reverse Order) […]