Recent court opinions affecting USPTO trademark practice: the year in review

Article Abstract:

The authors review trademark cases decided by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in the year 2000.

2000 AD, United States. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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Notable court decisions affecting PTO trademark practice

Article Abstract:

Trademark law decisions by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office are reviewed.

Surveys, Trademark law

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Principal opinions affecting PTO trademark practice

Article Abstract:

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and its principal reviewing court, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, issued important rulings in trademark law in 1998. Included was the ruling that resolution of likelihood of confusion claims must specify the du Pont factors relied upon. Other issues dealt with include the elements necessary to maintain an opposition, abandonment through nonuse, the false suggestion of connection, and when a mark is merely descriptive.

Laws, regulations and rules, Practice, United States. Patent and Trademark Office

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