I am quoted at length in this World Trademark News article on the new rule that foreign applicants for US trademark registrations must be represented by a US attorney starting on August 3. I’d go into more detail but the article hits all the important points, so please do check it out!
https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/brand-management/never-seen-anything-uspto-experiences-massive-surge-trademark-applications
Tag: uspto
Likelihood of Link Confusion: Searching For And Linking to Trademark Registrations
Okay, so I saw this group linked to on Twitter:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TrademarkWatchDawgs/
And I have to say this is really an interesting idea. I’m going to go through some of the posts and see how things are going.
But speaking of posts, I noticed that a few people were doing something that happens ALL THE TIME when people try to discuss trademark registrations online: they were posting TESS links instead of TSDR links. As all trademark attorneys know, that doesn’t work.
*record scratch noise*
Say what?
Okay, here’s a quick how-to on posting links to trademark registrations from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO, or sometimes just PTO, for short) website so they work for everybody.