USPTO Trademark Practices to Take Effect on Dec. 3, 2022: Everything that brand owners and trademark practitioners should know now

Nancy Rubner Frandsen | Baker & Hostetler LLP

For more than 30 years, Nancy has guided clients not only through the core areas of trademark and copyright strategic counseling and portfolio management, but also through the more complex areas of the practice, including enforcement before the federal courts and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). Nancy’s in-depth knowledge of her clients’ businesses, from individual entrepreneurs to major corporations, enables her to support and advance their unique objectives and goals and has made her their go-to trademark lawyer. This has led Nancy to be ranked since 2006 by Chambers USA as a “Leading Lawyer” in Intellectual Property Law with a “highly respected trademark and copyright practice” (Chambers USA 2019), where she has been described as “‘tough, experienced leader” (Chambers USA 2015)

Nancy served three years as the National Team Leader of BakerHostetler’s Trademark team and is also an adjunct professor at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and Temple University Beasley School of Law, where she teaches trademark practice. She is the co-author of What the General Practitioner Should Know About Trademarks and Copyrights (6th ed.), published by ALI-ABA. Nancy is the course planner of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s annual IP Institute, a two-day seminar on the hottest topics in IP law, which she has planned and co-chaired since its inception in 2007. Nancy is a Philadelphia Chapter Founder and Leader of ChIPs, a national organization advancing women in tech, law and policy.

Lesley Grossberg | Ice Miller LLP

Lesley Grossberg is an intellectual property practitioner who works with clients to maximize the value of their intellectual property, with a focus on brand strategy. Lesley represents clients in all aspects of intellectual property litigation, including patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and unfair competition litigation, and has extensive experience in trademark clearance, prosecution and global portfolio management.

She represents clients in federal district and appellate court litigation, as well as proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and investigations before the International Trade Commission. She routinely handles domain name disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and is familiar with intellectual property enforcement tools across various e-commerce services.

I. Overview of the Statute and Recently Issued Final Regulations | 2:00pm – 2:05pm

II. Ex Parte Expungement | 2:05pm – 2:15pm

III. Ex Parte Reexamination | 2:15pm – 2:25pm

IV. Expanded Letters of Protest | 2:25pm – 2:30pm

V. Discretionary Shortened Office Action Response Times | 2:30pm – 2:35pm

VI. Restoration of Presumption of Irreparable Harm | 2:35pm – 2:40pm

VII. Court Orders concerning Registrations | 2:40pm – 2:45pm

VIII. Attorney Recognition | 2:45pm – 2:50pm

IX. Report on Decluttering Initiatives | 2:50pm – 2:55pm

X. Key Takeaways and Best Practices | 2:55pm – 3:00pm