shutterstock_1416694388_dcstockphotography

6 August 2021TrademarksAlex Baldwin

USPTO seeks TM protection to fend off scammers

The US Department of Commerce has filed an application to officially register US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) trademarks in order to protect rights owners from scams.

Already registered?

For multi-user price options, or to check if your company has an existing subscription that we can add you to for FREE, please email Adrian Tapping at atapping@newtonmedia.co.uk

More on this story

Influential Women in IP

'Sluggish' growth in women inventor numbers: USPTO

13 February 2019 Women inventors still make up just 12% of all patent inventors in the US, according to the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Patents

Dabus rejected again as USPTO blocks AI ‘inventor’ patent

28 April 2020 The US Patent and Trademark Office has confirmed that an artificial intelligence can’t be named as an inventor on a patent application.

Trademarks

USPTO outlines new TM sanctions process

5 January 2022 The US Patent and Trademark Office has outlined its new administrative process for investigating “suspicious” trademark applications in a notice published today, January 5.

Propel Fuels seeks top-up damages of $1.2bn in secrets case

Leading US trademark firms and lawyers recognised in new national rankings

E.l.f cleared of copycat claims in spat with Benefit Cosmetics

Lenovo faces US import ban as ITC sides with Ericsson

Samsara v Motive: ‘Secrets case reads like a pulp novel’

USPTO sanctions attorney over sham Chinese TM filings

Aldi v Thatchers: Will UK appeal finally herd the copycats?

Peanut the squirrel (RIP) leaps on the meme coin bandwagon

USPTO seeks TM protection to fend off scammers

More on this story

Editor's picks

Editor's picks

More articles