<div dir="ltr"><div>The Supreme Court says that that doesn't cut it. Nantkwest v Peter.
Read the brief.</div><div> <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2022/11/21/opensky-there-was-no-harm-stemming-from-offer-to-manipulate-vlsi-proceedings/id=153458/" target="_blank">https://ipwatchdog.com/2022/11/21/opensky-there-was-no-harm-stemming-from-offer-to-manipulate-vlsi-proceedings/id=153458/</a></div><div> <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OpenSkys-response-to-Order-to-Show-Cause.pdf" target="_blank">https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OpenSkys-response-to-Order-to-Show-Cause.pdf</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 12:16 PM Terry Carroll via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">35 U.S.C. 316(a)(6)<br>
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On Wed, 28 Feb 2024, David Boundy via E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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> Kevin's question was "statutory basis." If there's no statutory authority,<br>
> the regulation is a dead red herring out of water.<br>
> <br>
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 11:01?AM Pamela Chestek via E-trademarks<br>
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> "[T]he United States Patent and Trademark Office (?USPTO? or ?Office?)<br>
> promulgated Rule 42.12, which expressly authorizes the Patent<br>
> Trial and Appeal Board (?PTAB? or ?Board?) to issue sanctions to punish<br>
> and deter a wide range of misconduct. 37 C.F.R. ? 42.12. Those<br>
> sanctions include, among others, an award of ?compensatory<br>
> expenses, including attorney fees.? 37 C.F.R. ? 42.12(b)(6). The<br>
> Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has recognized this<br>
> regulatory power to award attorney fees as a ?means for regulating<br>
> litigation misconduct.? See Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC v.<br>
> Almirall, LLC, 960 F.3d 1368, 1372 n.* (Fed. Cir. 2020) (?? 42.12<br>
> allows the Board to impose sanctions including ?attorney fees??)."<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ipr2021-01064_p127_sanc" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ipr2021-01064_p127_sanc</a><br>
> tions_order_restoring_os.pdf<br>
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> On 2/28/2024 10:34 AM, Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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> This is the case I?m referencing:<br>
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> <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2024/01/24/vidal-awards-vlsi-attorney-fees-opensky-a" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ipwatchdog.com/2024/01/24/vidal-awards-vlsi-attorney-fees-opensky-a</a><br>
> buse/id=172354/#:~:text=U.S.%20Patent%20and%20Trademark%20Office,case%20be<br>
> tween%20the%20two%20companies.<br>
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> Behalf Of Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks<br>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 9:34 AM<br>
> To: For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to<br>
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> Agreed. I do have a question, though, concerning sanctions: it<br>
> has always been my understanding that neither the TTAB nor the<br>
> PTAB could award monetary sanctions, but I recently read a<br>
> decision by the Director in a patent case awarding attorneys<br>
> fees. I?m not sure of the statutory basis for that award, but I<br>
> wonder if that might not be available in Trademark cases as<br>
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> To save you the click-through, Monster Energy opposed<br>
> [LAIKABEAST.JPG] (LAIKABEAST) for mugs and plates, based on<br>
> various registrations for slogans in the form "[verb] THE<br>
> [adjective] BEAST," like Unleash the Beast, Unleash the Nitro<br>
> Beast, and Rehab the Beast.<br>
> <br>
> But why not, if you're Monster Energy? You gain a reputation as<br>
> a litigant, therefore giving anyone pause who thinks of using<br>
> MONSTER (or apparently now BEAST) for anything all all. You know<br>
> the cost of your registration is going to include an opposition<br>
> by the TTAB and few are going to elect that choice. There's no<br>
> sanction at the TTAB, although in this case if it was federal<br>
> court I think there would be a good basis for sanctions. Monster<br>
> Energy has nothing to lose.<br>
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> On 2/28/2024 7:11 AM, Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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> Few things go better with your morning cup of coffee<br>
> than Monster Energy getting whacked by the TTAB.<br>
> They keep trying, though. Seriously, how long before<br>
> Toho gets a cease-and-desist letter from them for<br>
> calling Godzilla "king of themonsters"? <a href="http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/02/first-dupont-factor-bring" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/02/first-dupont-factor-bring</a><br>
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