(status on July 2014) INTRODUCTION These frequently asked questions about the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) outline the PCT procedure from an applic...
Changes in Canadian Trademark Law that may affect your brand protection
Currently, Canada is a use-based system where trademarks have to be used in Canadian commerce to be registered (or used and registered in another trea...
Open for business: the PTO offers a fast and low-cost shot at invalidating business method patents
A new procedure called the Covered Business Method Review (CBM) was created by the America Invents Act, and it allows companies to challenge issued bu...
Trademark squatters beware: ITU trademark applications generally can’t be assigned
Section 10 (a) (1) of the Lanham Act, also referred to as the anti-assignment provision of the Trademark Act, prohibits assignments of ITU application...
Proposed Fee Reduction for Trademarks
US Trademark Office proposed to reduce trademark application filing and renewal fees for trademark owners who use electronic filings and receive only ...
Case Study- PepsiCo and CanDew
PepsiCo Inc. owns trademarks for Dew® and Mountain Dew® for its famous soft drink. Soft drinks fall in international class 32: Word Mark MO...
A brief look at the new option for trademark enforcement on the internet
Brand owners have a second option to add to the current UDRP (Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution) proceeding to seek rapid relief for the most cle...
Some Downsides of UDRP Complaints
UDRP complaints can be filed for generic top-level domains (such as .com). They are cost-effective and faster than traditional judicial proceedings ...
Ten Reasons Not to Hire a Licensed Patent Professional to File your Patent Application
Here are the top 10 reasons business owners have for not hiring an attorney to assist in obtaining a patent for an invention. 10. “We ha...
Can Emoticons be Trademarked?
Yes, they can, provided they are used as a source-identifying image for the manufacturer or retailer. So what happens if the emoticon is commonly us...