Is your trademark “merely descriptive” of your goods and services? One of the more difficult office action rejections to respond to when filing for a trademark registration at the United States Patent and Trademark Office is that of a trademark that is merely...
In this episode of the "Law & Business" podcast, Jim Cushing and Anthony Verna talk about judges. In a recent video blog post, Anthony Verna talked about one judge helping to settle one trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit. Sometimes, judges are able...
Here at Verna Law, we have cases in several districts, in the federal courts. Southern District of New YorkNorthern District of New YorkDistrict of New Jersey; and the Central District of California. One of the defining aspects of different districts in federal court...
Recently, I've had a lot of people send me emails. They're asking about celebrities and trademarks. Why? Well, Tom Brady filed for something called TOM TERRIFIC, although I think that nobody calls him that. And, recently, LeBron James filed for TACO TUESDAY in...
The USPTO has issued Examination Guide 4-19 (August 2019), entitled "Requirement of U.S. Licensed Attorney for Foreign Trademark Applicants and Registrants." (pdf here). This was discussed on a previous video blog, also:...
Intent-to-use trademark applications. An intent-to-use trademark application requires some other evidence, if it is challenged in court, to show that the applicant has a bona fide intent to use the mark in commerce. If you have a trademark or brand to protect, call...
The Great Gatsby will lose its copyright and go into the public domain in January 2021 and Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises also will fall into the public domain in January 2022. On January 1, 2024, society will see the expiration of the copyright for the short...
When I first settled a trademark infringement suit for about $20,000, I thought I did a great job. The client did have to change the trademark and did have to send the excess product to a company to destroy the products, but I still thought it was a great settlement...
In late June, the Supreme Court struck down the part of federal trademark law that prohibited the registration of “immoral or scandalous” trademarks. The case was called Iancu v. Brunetti, and it was a follow-up to the court’s Matal v. Tam ruling two years ago. In...
Navigating the World of Intellectual Property: IP Lawyers vs. Patent Lawyers Here at Verna Law, P.C., we receive phone...
Verna Law, P.C. is an intellectual property law firm with a team of intellectual property lawyers and a patent agent...
In a groundbreaking move over the last few years, the U.S. Supreme Court, through its decisions in Matal v. Tam and...