Trademark Trial and Appeal Board: Significant Rule Changes Just Issued

Faculty

Stephen R. Baird, Shareholder
Winthrop & Weinstine, Minneapolis

He heads the firm's Intellectual Property and Trademark and Brand Management Practice groups and handles trademark litigation matters in proceedings in federal court and before the TTAB. He counsels clients on trademark usage and clearance, branding strategies, portfolio management, litigation and enforcement, internet domain name disputes, licensing and prosecution.

John L. Welch, Of Counsel
Lowrie Lando & Anastasi, Boston

He has handled hundreds of opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and has extensive experience in counseling, litigating and licensing in IP matters. He is the founder and publisher of the TTABlog.
 

Beth A. Chapman, Of Counsel
Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt, Alexandria, Va.

She is a member of the firm's Trademark and Copyright Department. Prior to joining the firm, she served as a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Judge (1998–2005). Before her judicial appointment, she served as an examining attorney, then a managing attorney of a law office, before taking a position as an interlocutory attorney at the TTAB.