[E-trademarks] Your morning dose of schadenfreude

Wed Feb 28 12:15:22 EST 2024

35 U.S.C. 316(a)(6)

On Wed, 28 Feb 2024, David Boundy via E-trademarks wrote:

> Kevin's question was "statutory basis."  If there's no statutory authority,
> the regulation is a dead red herring out of water.
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> On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 11:01?AM Pamela Chestek via E-trademarks
> <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
>       "[T]he United States Patent and Trademark Office (?USPTO? or ?Office?)
>       promulgated Rule 42.12, which expressly authorizes the Patent
>       Trial and Appeal Board (?PTAB? or ?Board?) to issue sanctions to punish
>       and deter a wide range of misconduct. 37 C.F.R. ? 42.12. Those
>       sanctions include, among others, an award of ?compensatory
>       expenses, including attorney fees.? 37 C.F.R. ? 42.12(b)(6). The
>       Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has recognized this
>       regulatory power to award attorney fees as a ?means for regulating
>       litigation misconduct.? See Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC v.
>       Almirall, LLC, 960 F.3d 1368, 1372 n.* (Fed. Cir. 2020) (?? 42.12
>       allows the Board to impose sanctions including ?attorney fees??)."
> 
> https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ipr2021-01064_p127_sanc
>       tions_order_restoring_os.pdf
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>       Pam
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>       Pamela S. Chestek
>       Chestek Legal
>       300 Fayetteville St.
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>       www.chesteklegal.com
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> On 2/28/2024 10:34 AM, Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks wrote:
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>       This is the case I?m referencing:
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> https://ipwatchdog.com/2024/01/24/vidal-awards-vlsi-attorney-fees-opensky-a
> buse/id=172354/#:~:text=U.S.%20Patent%20and%20Trademark%20Office,case%20be
>       tween%20the%20two%20companies.
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> From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> On
> Behalf Of Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 9:34 AM
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> Cc: Kevin Grierson <kgrierson at cm.law>
> Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] Your morning dose of schadenfreude
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> Agreed. I do have a question, though, concerning sanctions: it
> has always been my understanding that neither the TTAB nor the
> PTAB could award monetary sanctions, but I recently read a
> decision by the Director in a patent case awarding attorneys
> fees. I?m not sure of the statutory basis for that award, but I
> wonder if that might not be available in Trademark cases as
> well. 
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> From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on
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> To save you the click-through, Monster Energy opposed
> [LAIKABEAST.JPG] (LAIKABEAST) for mugs and plates, based on
> various registrations for slogans in the form "[verb] THE
> [adjective] BEAST," like Unleash the Beast, Unleash the Nitro
> Beast, and Rehab the Beast.
> 
> But why not, if you're Monster Energy? You gain a reputation as
> a litigant, therefore giving anyone pause who thinks of using
> MONSTER (or apparently now BEAST) for anything all all. You know
> the cost of your registration is going to include an opposition
> by the TTAB and few are going to elect that choice. There's no
> sanction at the TTAB, although in this case if it was federal
> court I think there would be a good basis for sanctions. Monster
> Energy has nothing to lose.
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> Pam
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> On 2/28/2024 7:11 AM, Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks wrote:
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>       Few things go better with your morning cup of coffee
>       than Monster Energy getting whacked by the TTAB.
>       They keep trying, though. Seriously, how long before
>       Toho gets a cease-and-desist letter from them for
>       calling Godzilla "king of themonsters"? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/02/first-dupont-factor-bring
>       s-ttab.html?m=1
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