and Invalidation of Marks
CD of Teleconference with Q&A
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Conducted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Now available on CD |
The TTAB has recently established a more unforgiving definition of fraud. It has given teeth to its warnings against trademark owners' and applicants' willful false statements by demonstrating a willingness to void an entire application or an existing trademark registration if it finds fraud.
Trademark applicants and owners must prepare to deal with the tougher standards that are emerging out of TTAB rulings on pleading fraud.
Listen as our authoritative panel examines the recent trend at the TTAB, core components of pleading and providing fraud, and discusses best practices to mitigate the risk of inaccurate applications and registrations.
The panel included:
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.
Jennifer Lee Taylor, Partner, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco. She focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling. She has extensive experience litigating opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Beth A. Chapman, Special Counsel, Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt, Alexandria, Va. She is a member of the firm's Trademark & Copyright Department. Prior to joining the firm, she served as a U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Trademark Trial & 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.
The panel reviewed these and other key questions:
- What is the current state of the law concerning allegations of fraud before the TTAB?
- What are the next steps for plaintiffs and defendants in the event of fraud pleadings?
- What strategies and procedures should trademark owners utilize to mitigate the risk of fraud allegations?
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