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The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has finally filled a gap left by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the standard for finding deceptive intent when trying to prove fraud on the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). In Chutter, Inc. v. Great Management Group, LLC and Chutter, Inc. v. Great Concepts, LLC, 2021 USPQ2d 1001 (TTAB 2021), the TTAB held, in a precedential opinion, that a reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of a material statement made to the USPTO satisfies the deceptive intent requirement for finding fraud. The TTAB applied this holding in a cancellation proceeding to invalidate U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,929,764 because: 1) the registrant’s attorney failed to disclose proceedings against the registration pending at the time the registrant filed its Section 15 Declaration to make the registration incontestable; and 2) the registrant’s knowing failure to take any remedial action after being informed of the error suggests that the failure to disclose was intentional and, thus, satisfied the deceptive intent requirement to prove fraud.
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Ninth Circuit Finally Resolves Pre-1972 Sound Recordings Royalties Issue
By Robert W. Clarida and Robert J. Bernstein
The Ninth Circuit ruling in Flo & Eddie may turn out to be last stop on the long and winding road the owners of pre-1972 recordings have traveled in their efforts to obtain compensation for public performances through platforms like Sirius.
NFTs and Virtual Patent Marking
By Willem Klein
Patent marking is an important step in the patent lifecycle as it is generally required to seek damages from infringers prior to the date the suit is filed. While virtual marking has somewhat reduced the overhead of marking, it suffers from the same problems all Internet-based evidence runs into in court: websites are ephemeral and have intermittent accessibility, as well as poor public logging of when information existed where, and for how long. NFTs on a digital blockchain could potentially overcome these hurdles, while still providing the benefits of virtual marking via websites.
By Joshua R. Stein and Jeffrey S. Ginsberg
Pair of Federal Circuit Decisions Address Standing to Appeal Adverse IPR Decision
Using Financial Intelligence to Gain a Competitive Advantage
By Ari Kaplan
Many law firm finance leaders are using data to drive change in their organizations, amplifying the power of profitability, and leveraging their skill to fuel innovation. Ultimately, they are helping their firms gain a competitive advantage.
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