• Still Smooth Sailing in Trademarks

    Still Smooth Sailing in Trademarks Guest blog by USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks Deborah Cohn Our dashboard showcasing performance in Trademarks for the third quarter of the fiscal year is out and you’ll notice that we added a new metric to highlight some meaningful differences in pendency based on how the... Continue reading

     
  • USPTO and INTA Roundtable Discussions with Stakeholders

    USPTO and INTA Roundtable Discussions with Stakeholders Guest blog by USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks Deborah Cohn The USPTO has been co-hosting roundtable discussions with the International Trademark Association (INTA) since January. The purpose of these roundtable discussions is to bring together USPTO officials with trademark professionals from around the country... Continue reading

     
  • Record Results for Trademark Pendency

    Record Results for Trademark Pendency Guest blog by Commissioner for Trademarks Debbie Cohn This month marks a record for performance by our Trademarks team. It has now been five consecutive years that first action pendency has stayed in the range of our goal to issue a first action between 2.5... Continue reading

     
  • Fourth Quarter Trademarks Dashboard Overview

    Fourth Quarter Trademarks Dashboard Overview Guest blog by Commissioner for Trademarks Debbie Cohn The USPTO first introduced the Trademarks Dashboard this past year with quarterly updates to trademark metrics. This month, we are pleased to announce that for the fiscal year that ended September 30, 2011, trademark pendency, quality, electronic processing,... Continue reading

     
  • Trademarks Dashboard Overview

    Trademarks Dashboard Overview Guest Blog by USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks Debbie Cohn The USPTO introduced the Trademarks Dashboard for the first time in May to provide quarterly access to trademark metrics. This month, we are pleased to announce a number of changes to the dashboard based on feedback we received from... Continue reading

     
  • Introducing the Trademarks Dashboard

    Introducing the Trademarks Dashboard Guest Blog by Commissioner for Trademarks Deborah Cohn The USPTO launched its first Data Visualization Center Dashboard in October to provide access to patent application and pendency. This month, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Trademarks Dashboard, which has been modeled on the Patent... Continue reading

     
  • National Trademark Expo to be Held October 15-16 at USPTO

    National Trademark Expo to be Held October 15-16 at USPTO Blog by Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos If you are in the Washington, D.C., area on October 15 and 16, be sure to stop by the United States Patent and Trademark... Continue reading

     
  • Trademarks Next Generation

    Trademarks Next Generation Blog by Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos I’d like to focus today on something in the works for Trademarks.   One of the goals I have for Trademarks is complete end-to-end electronic processing internally and externally. We’re calling our project Trademarks Next... Continue reading

     
  • Madrid Protocol: Challenges Facing Trademark Filers

    Madrid Protocol: Challenges Facing Trademark Filers Blog by Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos Switching gears this week to the “T” in USPTO, one issue trademark practitioners will be dealing with soon is the filing of affidavits for a registered extension of protection... Continue reading