USPTO proposes first TTAB changes for nine years

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USPTO proposes first TTAB changes for nine years

April 12 2016
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The USPTO has suggested 29 pages-worth of changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board practice, including to electronic filing, service and electronic communication, streamlining discovery and pre-trial procedures, and making trials more efficient. A proposal to allow testimony by affidavit has been criticised

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