商標登録insideNews: Can’t afford to file a $600 opposition to a competitor’s pending trademark application? Maybe you can file a $50 Letter of Protest instead. | JDSupra

$600 opposition or $50 Letter of Protest

If you have a registered trademark and someone else is trying to register a mark that is very similar to yours, you’ll want to speak up. You invested all of that time, energy, and money into marketing your products or services. You don’t want someone trading on your name and stealing your goodwill. Worse yet, if you don’t tend your fences, you could lose your trademark altogether. But what can you do? 
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米国特許商標庁 (USPTO) 商標_動画 (embedded) vol.31

USPTO video LOP

1. Preparing an effective letter of protest, 1:30:13

Preparing an effective letter of protest

Letter of protest (LOP)は第3者が或る他人の出願に対して登録すべきか否かに関する情報を証拠と共に提供する制度です。TMAで正式に制度化されています。

Letter of protest practice tip | USPTO

You can use the letter of protest to give the USPTO evidence about the registrability of a trademark in a pending application that belongs to another trademark owner.

情報源: Letter of protest practice tip | USPTO

USPTO video LOP
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米国商標近代化法 (TMA, Trademark Modernization Act 2020)の概要

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