Learn when and how to prepare a trademark Letter of Protest step-by-step. This is a skill every Amazon and Etsy seller needs. (The trademark Letter of Protest allows you to provide USPTO with information that affects the registrability of a potentially-harmful application.)
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This post explores how USPTO’s overly-broad definition of “argument” leads to the rejection of relevant evidence and needless errors by examiners.
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Learn how overly-strict “Merely Informational” protest evidence relevancy standards bias USPTO toward faulty trademark registrations.
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This post is one of three that discuss the trademark system’s bias toward faulty registrations and steps USPTO has taken to reduce it.
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This post is one of three that discuss the trademark system’s bias toward faulty registrations and steps USPTO has taken to reduce it.
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Learn how inconsistent evidence relevancy standards in Class 035 increase USPTO’s bias toward faulty trademark registration.
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The Letter of Protest is an imperfect, much-maligned, yet incredibly useful procedure. Here’s proof that protests are key to valid trademark registrations.
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In this post, you’ll learn why a homeschool mom of six got involved in the fight against questionable trademarks. Stopping them will take more than protests.
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Here’s a trademark Letter of Protest example that illustrates some of the challenges examining attorneys face in issuing valid trademarks.
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There are three main sources of questionable trademarks: trademark trolls, victimized competitors, and misinformed creatives.
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This series examines why so many bad trademarks are registered, how it affects the print-on-demand industry, and what you can do to help.