TTAB Proceedings — guides, checklists and articles
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- TTAB Trial Period Checklist: Evidence, Testimony, and Briefing · Checklist — The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decides oppositions and cancellations on a written record with no live trial, so the trial period is where you convert…
- TTAB Discovery Checklist: From Initial Disclosures to Close of Discovery · Checklist — This checklist walks a party through the entire discovery phase of a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board opposition or cancellation, from the institution order…
- Filing a Notice of Opposition at the TTAB: An Opposer’s Checklist · Checklist — Publication in the Official Gazette opens a narrow window in which any party who would be damaged by a registration can stop it before it ever issues. This…
- Ex Parte Appeals to the TTAB: Appealing a Final Refusal · Article — When a USPTO examining attorney makes a refusal final, an applicant who still wants the registration can appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board under…
- Concurrent Use Proceedings at the TTAB: Dividing the Country · Article — Federal trademark registration usually behaves like an all-or-nothing prize: one owner takes the whole country, and everyone holding a confusingly similar mark…