In a recent decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Look Cycle International v. Kunshan Qiyue Outdoor Sports Goods Co., Ltd. (Cancellation No. 92079409), August 9, 2024, the trademark registration BLOOKE (Registration No. 6683483) was cancelled by the TTAB due in part to fraud committed on the USPTO.”Fraud in procuring or maintaining a trademark […]
Julia M. FitzPatrick, Patent Attorney, andFabian M. Nehrbass, Patent Attorney,will conduct a 50-minute continuing legal education presentation regarding Copyright/Trademark/Patent Law with a focus on bars and distilleries,at the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation’s first-ever Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Course taking place on Saturday, July 20, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton, New […]
We first posted about the FTC’s position on noncompete agreements on 6 June 2023: Non-compete clauses in agreements likely violate federal law. Now the FTC has adopted a new rule effectively banning noncompete agreements in the US. See https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/rules/noncompete-rule (slightly edited text of webpage announcement reproduced below): Noncompete Rule [Webpage announcement on FTC website above] […]
GARVEY, SMITH & NEHRBASS, PATENT ATTORNEYS, L.L.C. is pleased to announce that Julie R. Chauvin and Fabian M. Nehrbass, both patent attorneys, have been named partners in the firm. GSN PA is the largest law firm in Louisiana composed entirely of patent attorneys. Julie was born and raised in New Orleans and attended St. Martin’s […]
Julie Rabalais Chauvin, Patent Attorney, andSeth M. Nehrbass, Patent Attorney,will conduct a one-hour continuing legal education presentation entitled:“Common IP Hurdles Encountered by Business Ownersat the 2023 New Orleans Bar Association’s Procrastinators’ Programs℠.Thursday, December 28, 2023 / 4:50 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.Pan Am Building, 11th Floor Conference Center,601 Poydras Street, New Orleans. The presentation will include […]
In general, a trademark can be 1) a standard character mark or 2) a stylized mark. A standard character mark typically consists of one or more words. A stylized mark can include words, but also includes a specific font, layout, color scheme, and/or logo. A stylized mark can also just consist of a logo without […]
Under U.S. Copyright laws, group registrations are allowed for certain types of creative works, including a registration for an automated database compilation as a whole, and a group registration for a group of updates or revisions to an automated database over a three-month period in a single calendar year (see, e.g., Compendium of U.S. Copyright […]
This is a reminder that many private companies, with no affiliation to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), attempt to get trademark owners to pay for “publication” of their trademarks on private databases of for the preparing of trademark responses. The USPTO goes in depth discussing this issue: USPTO Cautions About Misleading Notices. […]
Vanessa M. D’Souza, Patent Attorney, andJulie Rabalais Chauvin, Patent Attorney,will conduct a one-hour continuing legal education presentation entitled:“Helping clients avoid making IP mistakes”at the 2022 New Orleans Bar Association’s Procrastinators’ Programs℠ Tuesday, December 27, 2022 / 1:20 p.m.-2:20 p.m.Pan Am Building, 11th Floor Conference Center, 601 Poydras Street, New Orleans. Seth M. Nehrbass, Patent Attorney, […]
Unitary Patents … Coming Soon to Europe Currently, the European Patent System allows applicants to choose between filing an application in the country or countries of interest, and filing a single European patent application and later designating the countries where you want that patent to be effective. Coming soon, likely in the Spring of 2023, […]