TRADEMARK Official Gazette
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The Trademark Official Gazette
is a weekly publication of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) which publishes newly registered trademark
s. Once a trademark application has been examined by a USPTO examining attorney and is found to be entitled to registration, it is published in the Official Gazette of the USPTO.
The Official Gazette provides anyone who believes they would be damaged by the registration of your published mark an opportunity to challenge the proposed registration. Once the trademark has been published in the Official Gazette, anyone who believes that the registering party's use of the mark might damage him or her has 30 days in which to file an opposition to the registration. If such an opposition is made, the registering party will be informed and then he must fight it or abandon the trademark.
If no oppositions are filed, or if any opposition is successfully overcome, the application will proceed to registration.
The USPTO site provides fifty-two (52) weeks of this information at: http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/tmog/ and all records since August 10, 2004 are available at: http://aplegal.com/officialgazette/index.php.
See http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/notices/new_OG.jsp for download instructions for the "optimized" Trademark Official Gazette.
Gazette
A gazette is a public journal, a newspaper of record, or simply a newspaper.In English- and French-speaking countries, newspaper publishers have applied the name Gazette since the 17th century; today, numerous weekly and daily newspapers bear the name The Gazette.Gazette is a loanword from the...
is a weekly publication of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification.The USPTO is based in Alexandria, Virginia,...
(USPTO) which publishes newly registered trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
s. Once a trademark application has been examined by a USPTO examining attorney and is found to be entitled to registration, it is published in the Official Gazette of the USPTO.
The Official Gazette provides anyone who believes they would be damaged by the registration of your published mark an opportunity to challenge the proposed registration. Once the trademark has been published in the Official Gazette, anyone who believes that the registering party's use of the mark might damage him or her has 30 days in which to file an opposition to the registration. If such an opposition is made, the registering party will be informed and then he must fight it or abandon the trademark.
If no oppositions are filed, or if any opposition is successfully overcome, the application will proceed to registration.
The USPTO site provides fifty-two (52) weeks of this information at: http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/tmog/ and all records since August 10, 2004 are available at: http://aplegal.com/officialgazette/index.php.
See http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/notices/new_OG.jsp for download instructions for the "optimized" Trademark Official Gazette.
See also
- United States Patent and Trademark OfficeUnited States Patent and Trademark OfficeThe United States Patent and Trademark Office is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification.The USPTO is based in Alexandria, Virginia,...
- List of intellectual property law journals
- Patent officePatent officeA patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents. In other words, "patent offices are government bodies that may grant a patent or reject the patent application based on whether or not the application fulfils the requirements for...
- Patent Office Professional AssociationPatent Office Professional AssociationThe Patent Office Professional Association is a professional union of United States patent examiners. It was formed in 1964....
(POPA) - Trademark Trial and Appeal BoardTrademark Trial and Appeal BoardThe Trademark Trial and Appeal Board is a body within the United States Patent and Trademark Office responsible for hearing and deciding certain kinds of cases involving trademarks. These include appeals from decisions by USPTO Examiners denying registration of marks, and opposition proceedings...
(TTAB) - Trademark Manual of Examining ProcedureTrademark Manual of Examining ProcedureThe Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure is a manual published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for use by trademark attorneys and trademark examiners. It describes all of the laws and regulations that must be followed in order to apply for and maintain a trademark in the...
(TMEP)