USPTO and JPO offer Madrid tips
18 May 2009
Peter Ollier, Seattle
Representatives of the USPTO and JPO discussed common mistakes made by trademark owners wishing to extend international registrations at a session organized by WIPO yesterday.
Mitchell Front, senior attorney, trademark examining operation for the USPTO, said common errors made in the US include not fully stating citizenship and entity, not filing a translation or fully explaining a color claim and description properly, and not obtaining a consent to register the name and likeness of a living individual. “The more specific and more accurate you are in...
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