[E-trademarks] Your morning dose of schadenfreude
David Boundy
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Wed Feb 28 12:20:31 EST 2024
The Supreme Court says that that doesn't cut it. Nantkwest v Peter. Read
the brief.
https://ipwatchdog.com/2022/11/21/opensky-there-was-no-harm-stemming-from-offer-to-manipulate-vlsi-proceedings/id=153458/
https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OpenSkys-response-to-Order-to-Show-Cause.pdf
On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 12:16 PM Terry Carroll via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Pam
> >
> > Pamela S. Chestek
> > Chestek Legal
> > 300 Fayetteville St.
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> > Raleigh, NC 27602
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> > pamela at chesteklegal.com
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> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/28/2024 10:34 AM, Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks wrote:
> >
> > This is the case I?m referencing:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Kevin Grierson????
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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
> > To: For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to
> > seek legal advice. <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> > Cc: Kevin Grierson <kgrierson at cm.law>
> > Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] Your morning dose of schadenfreude
> >
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> >
> > EXTERNAL EMAIL
> >
> > 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
> > behalf of Pamela Chestek via E-trademarks
> > <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 9:12:31 AM
> > To: e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com
> > <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> > Cc: Pamela Chestek <pamela at chesteklegal.com>
> > Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] Your morning dose of schadenfreude
> >
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> >
> > EXTERNAL EMAIL
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Pam
> >
> > Pamela S. Chestek
> > Chestek Legal
> > 300 Fayetteville St.
> > Unit 2402
> > Raleigh, NC 27602
> > +1 919-800-8033
> > pamela at chesteklegal.com
> > www.chesteklegal.com
> >
> > On 2/28/2024 7:11 AM, Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks wrote:
> >
> > 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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