• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Celebrates 60 Years

    https://www.uspto.gov/blog/director/entry/trademark_trial_and_appeal_board Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United States Patent & Trademark Office as permitted under their Terms of Use. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Celebrates 60 Years Guest blog by Chief Administrative Trademark Judge Gerard Rogers and Administrative Trademark Judge Susan Hightower Employees of the Trademark Trial and... Continue reading

     
  • Trademarks Moving Forward

    Trademarks Moving Forward Guest blog by Commissioner for Trademarks Mary Boney Denison Our Trademarks Team is leading efforts to meet the continually changing intellectual property environment – by updating our IT systems, developing educational outreach programs, improving the accuracy and integrity of the trademark register, and ensuring that our trademark... Continue reading

     
  • More Details on Trademark Fee Reductions

    More Details on Trademark Fee Reductions Guest blog by Commissioner for Trademarks Deborah Cohn Recently, Deputy Director Lee blogged about the status of the USPTO’s operating reserves. I want to tell you more about our proposal to reduce total trademark fee collections. The reduction is possible due to efficiencies that... Continue reading

     
  • Trademark Performance Update

    Trademark Performance Update Guest blog by Commissioner for Trademarks Deborah Cohn The results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2014 demonstrate continued high performance by our Trademark team in meeting our strategic performance goal targets. I invite you to take a look at our updated performance, filing, and registration... Continue reading

     
  • Update on Trademark Performance From our Third Quarter Dashboard

    Update on Trademark Performance From our Third Quarter Dashboard Guest blog by Commissioner for Trademarks Deborah Cohn This month marks another record performance by our Trademarks team. Our goal to issue a first action between 2.5 and 3.5 months from filing has been met every month for six consecutive years... Continue reading

     
  • Advancing the Role of Trademarks

    Advancing the Role of Trademarks Guest blog by Commissioner for Trademarks Deborah S. Cohn For the last two years the USPTO’s Trademarks team has actively engaged the private sector in developing pro bono and educational outreach programs. The primary goal of these programs is to offer the best possible intellectual... Continue reading

     
  • Hack for Change

    Hack for Change Blog by Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the USPTO Teresa Stanek Rea Government has vast amounts of information that can be used to improve our lives, and the Obama Administration has challenged federal agencies to make this data easily accessible... Continue reading

     
  • Introducing Our Latest Performance Dashboard

    Introducing Our Latest Performance Dashboard Guest blog by Chief Administrative Trademark Judge Gerard Rogers The USPTO has added more color to its Data Visualization Center with the addition of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Dashboard. In the spirit of open government, the TTAB dashboard is yet another way... Continue reading

     
  • Another Banner Year for Trademarks

    Another Banner Year for Trademarks Guest blog by USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks Deborah Cohn We’ve sorted through the facts and figures and at the end of our fiscal year September 30, we’re proud to report continued outstanding performance in our Trademarks business unit. In FY 2012, more new trademark applications... Continue reading

     
  • Still Smooth Sailing in Trademarks

    Still Smooth Sailing in Trademarks Guest blog by USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks Deborah Cohn Our dashboard showcasing performance in Trademarks for the third quarter of the fiscal year is out and you’ll notice that we added a new metric to highlight some meaningful differences in pendency based on how the... Continue reading