Trademark Organization
Training and Learning
Legal Training – mandatory for all first year trademark-examining
attorneys |
This course provides new trademark attorneys with
basic knowledge of the Federal Trademark Act, examination procedures and automated search tools. Lectures and
Activities cover the following topics:
- Trademark Law Overview
- Refusals under Section 2(d) of Trademark Act
(Likelihood of Confusion)
- Refusals under Section 2(e)(1) of Trademark Act
(Mere Descriptiveness/Deceptively Misdescriptive)
- Refusals under Section 2(e)(2) of Trademark Act
(Geographically Descriptive)
- Refusals under Section 2(e)(3) of Trademark Act
(Geographically Deceptively Misdescriptive)
- Refusals under Section 2(e)(4) of Trademark Act
(Primarily Merely Surname)
- Refusals under Section 2(e)(5) of the Trademark Act
(Functionality)
- Requirements for Intent-to-Use Application
- Requirements for Use-Based Applications
- Specimens and Use-Based Refusals
- Requirements for Applications filed under Section 44 of the Trademark Act
- Requirements for Applications filed under Section 66(a) of the Trademark Act
- Identification and Classification of Goods and Services Practice
- Legal Writing
- Drawing Requirements
- Options Practice – Section 2(f) of Trademark Act and Supplemental Register
- Disclaimer Requirements
- Evidence Practice
- Refusals under Sections 2(a), (b) and (c) of Trademark Act
- Madrid Protocol Practice
- Ex Parte Appeal Practice Before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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