Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC | USA | 25 Jan 2023
Monday Night Ventures LLC applied to register TACO Tuesday as a trademark for “beer,” submitting a picture of a menu displaying this term as a…
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC | USA | 17 Jan 2023
Although trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets all concern intangible property rights and overlap to some extent, they differ from each…
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC | USA | 11 Jan 2023
In a trademark opposition, the owner of a famous mark still must prove a likelihood of confusion or dilution. This was illustrated in a case in which…
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC | USA | 21 Dec 2022
In succession planning, it is easy to forget that intangible intellectual property assets, such as trademarks, copyrights, patents, and publicity…
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC | USA | 23 Nov 2022
As part of the Trademark Modernization Act discussed in our December 2021 Trademark Alert, the US Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) will reduce…
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC | USA | 10 Nov 2022
Prior to 2021, amateurism in college sports prohibited college athletes from capitalizing on their names, images, and likenesses, commonly known as…
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC | USA | 25 Oct 2022
You may be able to assert “use analogous to trademark use” to claim priority over someone else who actually made technical use of a confusingly…
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC | USA | 12 Oct 2022
Ten months have passed since the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) was implemented by regulations. (See our previous article on the TMA). The…
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC | USA | 28 Sep 2022
In a precedential decision In re Erik Brunetti, 2022 USPQ2d 764 (TTAB August 22, 2022), the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) denied…
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC | USA | 21 Sep 2022
The Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, which dates back to 1898 and is popularly known as ZTA, was refused registration of ZTA for jewelry (claiming use since…