FishFAQ Trademark Video: Types of Trademarks
This is the second of a new series of FishFAQ videos directed towards Trademarks. This second video covers the different types of marks.Trademarks are used for goods, while service marks are used…
Why Some Business Names Can’t Be Registered Trademarks—and Why KAHWA Survived
Why Bayou Grande Matters If You’re Choosing a Brand Name If you’re picking a business name and thinking about federal trademark protection, the Federal Circuit’s recent Bayou Grande decision offers…
Bored Apes, Confused Courts, and the Question of Whether NFTs Are “Goods”
Picture source: https://boredapeyachtclub.com/ When Trademark Law Meets Web3 and Cartoon Apes If you’ve ever wondered whether the law treats an NFT like a Beanie Baby, a baseball card, or just…
What Is Trademark Watching — And Why It Matters for Your Brand
Brand value is important, so protecting your trademarks isn’t just about legal compliance — it’s about defending your identity, your reputation, and your competitive edge. That’s where trademark watching comes…
52k more fraudulently filed trademark applications and registrations cleared
The USPTO issued an update on August 6, 2025. In this announcement, it terminated over 52,000 trademark applications and registrations linked to a foreign filing firm. Additionally, the PTO issued…
Mission Impossible: Trademarking the US SPACE FORCE
Overview of the US SPACE FORCE Trademark Dispute In a recent ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal…
Decluttering the USPTO’s Trademark Register
The USPTO recently announced it had now removed over 50,000 goods and services from the trademark register. Using ex parte expungement and reexamination proceedings, the majority of the cancellations were…
New FishFAQ Trademark video: What is a Trademark?
We have started uploading a new series of FishFAQ videos directed towards Trademarks. This first video starts with the most basic question: What is a Trademark?It covers the purpose of…
TRUMP TOO SMALL Trademark Refusal is not First Amendment Violation
The Supreme Court recently decided, in Vidal v Elster, that the TTAB’s refusal to register the TRUMP TOO SMALL mark, was not a violation of First Amendment rights. Background of…
A Tale of Trademark law, the Rogers test, and Parody
The Supreme Court has been busy lately with IP cases. Just recently, the Supreme Court sided with Jack Daniel’s. It ruled that the lower court got it wrong. VIP Products'…