Stop trying to make Slofies happen.
情報源: Apple is trying to trademark ‘Slofie’ – The Verge
September Event 2019 — Apple, 1:42:18
タグ: 米国特許商標庁
商標登録insideNews: Trademark Office Drops Its Demand For Applicants To Prove Immigration Status | WGBH
Facing a backlash from its own staff, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has scrapped new guidelines that would have required foreign trademark applicants living in the U.S. to prove they had legal immigration status.
情報源: Trademark Office Drops Its Demand For Applicants To Prove Immigration Status
商標登録insideNews: Barack Obama’s Production Company Runs Into a Trademark Problem | Hollywood Reporter
The U.S. Trademark Office rejects an application for “Higher Ground Productions,” so the former president and first lady get aggressive.
情報源: Barack Obama’s Production Company Runs Into a Trademark Problem | Hollywood Reporter
American Factory | A Short Conversation with the Obamas | Netflix, 3:09
商標登録insideNews: adidas and J. Crew Battle Over Stripe Trademark | HYPEBEAST
Stripe Trademark Dispute
adidas has filed a request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to shut down J. Crew’s application for a trademark containing five stripes, as reported by The Fashion Law.
情報源: adidas and J. Crew Battle Over Stripe Trademark | HYPEBEAST
商標登録insideNews: 官庁に対し手続を行うための米国で資格のある弁護士による代理の要件：米国（参考訳） | 経済産業省 特許庁
官庁に対し手続を行うための米国で資格のある弁護士による代理の要件：米国（参考訳）
情報源: 官庁に対し手続を行うための米国で資格のある弁護士による代理の要件：米国（参考訳） | 経済産業省 特許庁
今月3日から施行された外国人の出願人や権利者は、本人だけでの手続はできなくなり、それぞれの手続に米国ライセンスの弁護士を代理人として必要とする規則の特許庁訳になります。すでにウエブサイト上では、有資格となる州と弁護士登録番号の入力が必要とされ、good standingについてもチェック形式の宣誓が必要となっています。弁護士登録番号については、なりすまし防止のため、公表はされないようになっています。
商標登録insideNews: Trademark Owners, Watch Out! USPTO Getting Strict On Specimens – Intellectual Property – United States
In order to register a trademark based on use in commerce, or to renew a registration based on a foreign or international registration, trademark owners are required to verify that the mark is in use in U.S. commerce… United States Intellectual Property Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP 19 Aug 2019
In order to register a trademark based on use in commerce, or to renew a registration based on a foreign or international registration, trademark owners are required to verify that the mark is in use in U.S. commerce with all goods or services listed in the application or registration. In addition, the mark owner must… Read more
情報源: Trademark Owners, Watch Out! USPTO Getting Strict on Specimens – SGR Law
Examination Guide 3-19 Examination of Specimens for Use in Commerce:Digitally Created or Altered and Mockup Specimens July 2019
According to the USPTO Commissioner of Trademarks, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has seen a significant increase in the number of applicants who are not fulfilling their legal and ethical obligations to file accurately and in good faith, particularly with respect to claims that the mark is in use in commerce. After studying the problem, the USPTO made two changes in application procedures designed to improve the overall quality of applications: (1) a new rule requiring foreign trademark applicants and registrants to be represented by a US-licensed lawyer, and (2) a new Examining Guide focused on detecting and rejecting falsified purported specimens of use in commerce. Applicants can expect a higher level of scrutiny of their applications, particularly where the applicant is based outside the United States.
情報源: US Trademark Office addresses false or inaccurate filings | Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP – JDSupra
商標登録insideNews: Ohio State University wants to trademark the word ‘The’ – CNN
The Ohio State University is attempting to trademark the word “the,” according to an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office. Application No. 88571984 was filed Thursday, and the school seeks to use the word “the” mainly on t-shirts, baseball caps and hats.
情報源: Ohio State University wants to trademark the word ‘The’ – CNN
Ah yes, a trademark, because OSU is 100% the only U.S. university with ‘the’ before its name .
情報源: Ohio State is trying to trademark “THE” – The Washington Post
商標登録insideNews: [警告] misleading notices | USPTO
misleading notices
最近、また外国知的財産庁や国際機関を装って、誤解を招くメールを送付して、実は無意味な費用の支払いを求める偽メールが多発しています。特に、代理人を使わずに出願や権利を取得している方が狙われたりします。良くわからないから払ってしまおうとせずに、お近くの弁理士さんに問い合わせしてみることが賢明と思います。お近くに弁理士がいない方は、こちら（tm-info@tm106.jp）まで。
Don’t be fooled by potentially misleading offers and notices from private companies.
情報源: Caution: misleading notices | USPTO
TMIN News 16: Solicitation alert, 8:09 
Q.偽の通知と、正式なUSPTOのメールと通知の違いをどのように見分けたら良いでしょうか？（partly from USPTO Site）
商標出願または登録に関する米国特許商標庁からの、正式な連絡はすべてバージニア州アレクサンドリア（Alexandria, Virginia）の「米国特許商標庁（“United States Patent and Trademark Office”）」から行われ、すべてのメールは「@ uspto.gov」ドメインから届きます。すなわち、Washington, DCやNYのアドレスは、要注意すべきと思います。All official correspondence about your trademark application or registration will be from the “United States Patent and Trademark Office” in Alexandria, Virginia, and all emails will be from the domain “@uspto.gov.”
政府機関や政府のように偽装した会社名にだまされないでください。一部の会社名には、 “United States,” “U.S.,” “Trademark,” “Patent,” “Registration,” “Office,” or “Agency.” などの用語が含まれることが多いです。最近では、”Pending Trademark Cancellation by USPTO”と記載された例もあります。他の政府機関や米国法典のセクションを参照してください。誤解を招く申し出や通知に基づいてお金を払ったりサービスにサインアップした場合でも、米国特許商標庁は払い戻しを受けるのを助けることはできないとされています。
商標登録insideNews: New misleading invoice alert – Fake EUTM Renewal In | EUIPO
商標登録insideNews: Higgins Boat at the USPTO | USPTO
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, known as D-Day, the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) Museum installed a restored Higgins
情報源: Higgins Boat at the USPTO | USPTO
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商標登録insideNews: TEAS and TEASi maintenance and enhancement section | USPTO
米国特許商標庁（USPTO）のウエブサイトは、8月3日の零時1分から８時までメンテナンス作業を行います。このメンテナンスで、出願用のTEASとマドプロ用のTEASiは、米国弁護士の代理を必須とする外国人や外国法人の出願に対して、その代理をする弁護士の情報を入力できるように変更されます。
Online forms will comply with new rule requirin
情報源: TEAS and TEASi maintenance and enhancement section | USPTO