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Weekly 66a First Office Actions (refused extensions of protection under Madrid)

December 10 2011 tev kofsky 66a 1st office actions, Bulk Trademark Watch, charts, opposition, report, trademark, ttab, visualization 0 comments

Here’s a snapshot of pending (extension of protection of) international registrations filed under section 66(a) that have recently received a first office action (refused). The list is filtered to show only the applications of foreign owners without domestic representation.

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The report lists the following details; the foreign correspondent, owner and trademark registration. There may be correspondents or owners on the list that you have an existing relationship with or have previously done work for, or perhaps would like to. Why not be proactive and use this information to effectively development more business for your practice?

The partial report viewable here is updated frequently, so check back here again to see more. The full report is available each week by subscription only. Contact us for details.

Note that we can also compile similar reports for business development purposes reviewing domestic petitions for Cancellations and/or Oppositions. Let us know if you would be interested to receive these as well.

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TowerGate Bulk Trademark Watch FAQ

April 04 2010 Bulk Trademark Watch, trademark, ttab 0 comments

1. Won’t reviewing the reports generated by the bulk trademark watching service add to my already busy workload?
Our reports are concise and logically presented, sorted by client, owners or correspondent, and can be easily reviewed for items that may be of further interest to you. You need only take minutes to spot potential opportunities. Furthermore, you have the freedom to schedule your review anytime you decide; you are under no pressure nor obligation from your client to do so.

2. How can the bulk watch service increase my TTAB litigation practice?

Simply put, the more trademarks you watch the greater your chance to find matches leading to potential opposition work. Moreover, you can also use this information to solicit business either from new clients or from clients whose marks you may not be the correspondent for. Either way, by showing your diligence in their interests, you stand an excellent chance of representing them in future TTAB litigation.

3. Will the service increase my liability towards my clients?

Since your client has not specifically engaged you to watch their mark(s), there is no expectation for you to take action, nor liability on your part if you choose not to inform them or pursue it further.

4. My clients needs are being met with other watch services. How will Towergate’s bulk watch service help my clients?

A lot of companies and owners do watch their marks with diligence, but many clients do not utilize watches to protect their marks due to cost or other factors. And many may choose just some of their marks to watch over others. In addition, a company’s trademark portfolio may be handled by more than one firm, with work split among many. In reality, there are many marks and many clients that are left under protected. With Towergate’s bulk watch service it becomes easy to watch a large number of marks for potential conflicts. Call it being proactive, diligently preventative or just plain smart, providing a warning to your client means they know you are on their side and sets you apart from other firms, and you will have gained even more of their trust. And that’s just good (for) business. –

5. How do I choose which marks to watch?

We want to make it easy for you to realize the full scope of potential of your client’s marks. Our bulk trademark watching service is competitively priced to enable you to watch all of your marks. We can help by designing a suggested portfolio watch for you based on a number of factors, to help you stay within your budget.

6. Can I change the number of, and composition of, the marks being watched?

Yes, you can change the composition of the marks you are watching once per year at no charge. Since our service is based on blocks of many marks, you can purchase and fill up additional blocks anytime you need to. Also, if you are not watching your total allotment of marks, you can fill it up anytime at no additional cost.

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Hundreds of Marks + Cost Effective Pricing = More Potential Oppositions

Our cost effective bulk watching system gives your firm the opportunity to watch hundreds of marks against the USPTO Gazette without any formal request by your clients. We set up hundreds of individual “watches” based on your clients’ (or potential clients’) marks.

Firms have the luxury of including many of their clients’ marks which in the past would not have been watched. In many instances, firms choose to watch marks against the Gazette even if they are not listed as correspondent – giving an expanded coverage and better opposition potential.

How watch lists are generated: Firms supply us with Owner names, Correspondents, or any list of serial numbers. We generate a list of trademark records with specific search criteria. Each week those records are screened against the weekly Gazette for identical or confusingly similar marks

How we organize reports: Reports are organized by trademark owner, listing the details of each trademark record with the details of any conflicting published marks for that week.

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