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Letter of Protest Rules: Remove PDF Hyperlinks
Do you remove active hyperlinks from PDFs before you upload USPTO Letter of Protest evidence? You should! Here’s how to do it.
Letter of Protest Training
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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On Fighting Frivolous Trademarks, Part 08f: Letter of Protest Arguments
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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On Fighting Frivolous Trademarks, Part 08e: Protest Challenges: Informational Relevancy Standards
Learn how overly-strict “Merely Informational” protest evidence relevancy standards bias USPTO toward faulty trademark registrations.
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USPTO’s July 2017 Supplemental Exam Guide
Here’s my copy of USPTO’s supplemental trademark examination guide: Examination Guide 2-17 Merely Informational Matter July 2017.
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On Fighting Frivolous Trademarks, Part 06c: More POD Challenges and USPTO Efforts
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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On Fighting Frivolous Trademarks, Part 06b: TMEP’s Fuzzy Language
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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On Fighting Frivolous Trademarks, Part 08d: Protest Challenges: Class 035 Relevancy Standards
Learn how inconsistent evidence relevancy standards in Class 035 increase USPTO’s bias toward faulty trademark registration.
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On Fighting Frivolous Trademarks, Part 07c: Letters of Protest Results
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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On Fighting Frivolous Trademarks, Part 01a: Introduction
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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On Fighting Frivolous Trademarks, Part 09a: Keyword Case Study: AFFIRMATIONS
Here’s a trademark Letter of Protest example that illustrates some of the challenges examining attorneys face in issuing valid trademarks.
