Posts by Laura Winston, Esq.
New Year, New Trademark Law – Petitions for Expungement and Reexamination of Trademark Registrations
The Trademark Modernization Act took effect on December 18, 2021, and now it is easier and less expensive to cancel…
Read MoreTrademark Trial and Appeal Board Finds Reckless Disregard for the Truth Equals Fraud, Cancels Trademark Registration
The U.S. trademark law provides that a trademark registration may be canceled if it was obtained fraudulently. A registration may…
Read MoreNot Forgetting Trademarks: Protecting your NFT Brand
To Read Part One of our NFT series, click here »» To Read Part Two of our NFT series, click…
Read MoreIs Genericide Still A Thing? Maybe We Worry Too Much About ‘Proper Use Of Trademarks’
As Published in The Legal Intelligencer – Special Section March 2021: Intellectual Property By: Laura Winston Earlier this year, the…
Read MoreOffit Kurman’s Laura Winston Presents to PIPLA Audience on the Trademark Modernization Act
Offit Kurman intellectual property attorney Laura Winston recently presented to the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (PIPLA) on the Trademark…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Relief Bill Embeds U.S. Trademark Law Changes
Understandably, most of the focus of the Consolidated Appropriations Act has been on the COVID-19 relief provisions. However, the bill…
Read MoreAn Interview with Randi Levin | Inspiring Views from the Bright Side
Inspiring Views from the Bright SideSM An Interview with Randi Levin Transitional Life Strategist & Reinvention Expert Randi Levin Coaching…
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court: BOOKING.COM is Not Generic, and is Entitled to Trademark Registration
When is a generic word + “.Com” not generic? When the public doesn’t think so, according to the Supreme Court’s…
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court Rules on Damages for Trademark Infringement
It may now be easier for plaintiffs to collect money damages in trademark infringement litigation. In Romag Fasteners, Inc. v.…
Read MoreCARES Act Empowers U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to Extend Deadlines During Pandemic
As a result of the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act), it will…
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