As many have come to expect, here is our annual compilation of firms that filed the most oppositions in 2011*. Click on the [+] to expand details for each firm to show all plaintiffs and case links. Aside from the top 3 firms, the differences between most firms are quite close. There are actually 41 [...]
January 2nd, 2012 / 2(d) Citation Watch, 2(d) refusals, charts, opposition, trademark, ttab
We’re happy to announce that the latest World Trademark Review magazine (Oct/Nov ’11) includes an article on “10 of the best online trademark tools“, in which our own 2(d) Citation Watch has been listed. Although technically not an online tool (although it is delivered via email and will eventually be downloadable as well) it further [...]
September 7th, 2011 / 2(d) Citation Watch, 2(d) refusals, trademark
Here’s a notable observation we’ve come across while parsing through PTO data used each week to generate our popular 2(d) Citation Watch: Applicant’s frequent use of another’s registered trademark within the identification and classification of goods. Notable examples of this (mal)practice are just about any product by APPLE Inc. (iPhone, iPad,etc.,) and apparently those of [...]
January 11th, 2011 / 2(d) Citation Watch, 2(d) refusals, trademark, ttab