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Counsel disagree on whether new Trademark Modernization Act rules will deter bad actors
Counsel are divided over whether the USPTO’s proposed
guidelines on the Trademark Modernization Act could deter bad actors from
abusing it, Managing IP reported yesterday, May 27.
The act, which was passed in December 2020 and will go into
effect in December 2021, was enacted to help clear the registry of marks not
being used in commerce.
The pending guidelines, ‘Changes To Implement Provisions of
the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020’, were published on May 18. They set
out how the USPTO would oversee the act’s new ex-parte expungement and ex-parte
George Summerfield is an IP lawyer at K&L Gates Law Firm, specializing in litigating matters in district court, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the European Patent Office.
CRISPR patents continue to face priority challenges in Europe. Following an earlier revocation of CRISPR patent EP2771468 based on a successful priority challenge, another foundational.
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