Why Attend?
- Understand the new trademark-registration cancellation proceedings
- Learn about important changes to trademark practice before the USPTO
- Get ready for changes in the length and nature of attorney representation in trademark matters and for related security controls to be implemented by the USPTO
The Trademark Modernization Act is the biggest statutory change to the Lanham Act in decades. It creates new procedures for canceling certain mark registrations on the basis that the marks were not in use at certain times. The act also made various changes to trademark practice at the USPTO that are far-reaching and affect all aspects of trademark practice before the USPTO. New final regulations implementing the act were issued in November 2020. This seminar will review the act and the regulations.
Join us for this essential program taught by John Farmer, an intellectual property attorney with years of experience in trademark and copyright law and protecting that IP in evolving technology environments.
Topics to be covered include:
- Review of the statute and recently issued final regulations
- New expedited procedures for canceling certain trademark registrations based upon the mark nonuse at critical times
- Comparison of the new processes to a cancellation petition—relative speed and effectiveness
- New rules for letters of protest, which oppose pending applications of others
- Shortening of response times for office actions
- New presumption that aids in getting an injunction
- New rules on how long attorney representation lasts
- Coming new USPTO security infrastructure around applications and registrations
- New duty to monitor registrations
- Strategy points and best practices regarding the above
| Registration Deadlines: |
| Webcast: |
10 minutes prior to seminar. If you register for a webcast the day of the seminar, your e-mail receipt will include a link to launch the seminar and download the materials. |
| Telephone: |
Online registration ends at 11:59 p.m. the day preceding the seminar
Call (800) 979-8253 to register up to one hour prior to the seminar |
Cancellation Policy: Cancellation/transfer requests will be honored until 5:00 p.m. the day preceding the seminar. You will, however, be charged $40 if you cancel or transfer your registration to a different seminar after the link to the materials has been e-mailed by Virginia CLE.
Full refunds or transfers are available up to two days after a webcast in the unlikely event that you experience technical difficulties.
MCLE Credit Caveat: The MCLE Board measures credits by the time you spend in attendance. If you enter a seminar late or leave it early, or both, you must reflect those adjustments accurately in the credits you report on your credit reporting form. A code will be given at the end of the seminar, which must be written on your MCLE form.
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