As you dive into the world of trademarks to protect your brand, one element you will encounter during the registration process with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the “specimen of use ...

Whether you are filing a new trademark application or looking to maintain a registration, understanding trademark specimen best practices is key. A common pitfall when filing your application is ...

Findings from our exclusive investigation into suspicious specimens of use Learnings include use of spurious Amazon listings on trademark applications Call for the trademark community’s insights on ...

USPTO changes to curtail fraudulent trademarks have made registration harder on legitimate filers, but some lawyers say the office needs to go further They say a picture’s worth a thousand words, but ...

“Due to the changing tactics and incentives of bad-faith actors, USPTO should improve its registration process or it will be at risk of allowing additional inaccurate registrations to clutter the ...

Yesterday, WTR published an in-depth investigation into the scourge of suspicious specimens being submitted to the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). In our subscriber exclusive, we revealed new ...