In filing to register a trademark on an “intent-to-use” basis, the applicant must verify that it has a good faith “bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce.” 15 U.S.C. § 1051(b). Assuming there ...

In a recent precedential decision, the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) upheld an opposition by Tequila Cuadra S. de RL de CV (“Tequila Cuadra”) and denied an application filed by ...

“The Ninth Circuit noted that it had not yet addressed whether district courts have jurisdiction to cancel or alter trademark applications pending at the agency, or if a lack of bona fide intent to ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has partly affirmed a district court’s ruling in a trademark dispute between two smoking product retailers, upholding its decision to invalidate the ...

In most cases, the only essential date in the development of a trademark or service mark is the date of its first use in connection with the goods or services. Except for an intent-to-use application, ...

Taylor Swift's management group, TAS Rights Management LLC, filed an application for "TAYLOR-CON" with the United States Patent and Trademark Office Saturday to trademark the term. "Her team filed an ...

“Foster argues that the Federal Circuit’s decision emboldens viewpoint-based discrimination and post hoc censorship of commercial identity.” Foster filed his trademark application for US SPACE FORCE ...