Trademark Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings at the TTAB
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will guide trademark counsel in navigating opposition proceedings at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), opposing the application, or responding to the opposition. The panel will examine issues and offer strategies for filing the opposition, discovery, and trial phase.
Outline
- Filing an opposition or cancellation action
- Grounds
- Timing
- Scope of proceedings
- Discovery
- When opposing an application or petitioning to cancel a registration
- When responding to an opposition or a cancellation proceeding
- Trial phase
- When opposing an application or petitioning to cancel a registration
- When responding to an opposition or a cancellation proceeding
Benefits
The panel will review these and other vital issues:
- What are the grounds for opposing a trademark application or canceling a trademark registration?
- How should counsel for the party respond to the opposition or cancellation action during discovery?
- What are the strategies for the party opposing the application or petitioning to cancel the registration during the trial phase?
Faculty
Jason Joyal
Partner
Kelly IP
Mr. Joyal focuses his practice on complex trademark, trade dress, copyright, false advertising, and unfair competition... | Read More
Mr. Joyal focuses his practice on complex trademark, trade dress, copyright, false advertising, and unfair competition matters. He has represented clients in diverse industries in federal courts throughout the country, and routinely before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. He is particularly experienced in all aspects of litigation, where he helps guide the firm’s clients through the initial pleading stage, strategic use of pretrial discovery, preservation, collection and searching of electronically stored information, dispositive motions, mediations, and trial. He has authored many successful briefs, including motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, and trial briefs before the TTAB, and has leveraged several others into favorable and cost-effective resolutions. He also regularly counsels the firm’s clients on trademark prosecutions and enforcement, and has experience advising and representing insurers on matters involving intellectual property insurance coverage and advertising injury claims.
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Molly R. Littman
Attorney
Greenberg Traurig
Ms. Littman focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation and enforcement. She has significant experience... | Read More
Ms. Littman focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation and enforcement. She has significant experience representing clients in federal courts throughout the United States and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Her experience also includes representing clients in Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) proceedings, and protecting and enforcing clients’ intellectual property rights online and on social media. In addition to her intellectual property litigation practice, she advises on brand management and protection in the United States and globally, and on copyright development and registration.
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Clint Taylor
Partner
Kelly IP
Mr. Taylor focuses his practice on trademark and copyright counseling, prosecution, enforcement, and litigation.... | Read More
Mr. Taylor focuses his practice on trademark and copyright counseling, prosecution, enforcement, and litigation. He has spent his career helping clients of all sizes navigate the trademark registration process and successfully enforcing those rights. Mr. Taylor provides practical advice to clients to assist them in selecting and enforcing their trademarks consistent with their goals.
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