[E-trademarks] Justices Skip Review Of USPTO's TM Address Requirement

[Alex Butterman]

I guess we got our Answer and we're stuck with this rule.
Justices Skip Review Of USPTO's TM Address Requirement
By Ivan Moreno<https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1885059?nl_pk=f292c119-3994-4acf-ad10-eaba118e336a&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ip&utm_content=2024-10-08&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=2> * Listen to article<https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1885059?nl_pk=f292c119-3994-4acf-ad10-eaba118e336a&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ip&utm_content=2024-10-08&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=2>
Law360 (October 7, 2024, 11:28 AM EDT) -- The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will not review whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office<https://www.law360.com/agencies/u-s-patent-and-trademark-office> is required to solicit public feedback before enacting a rule that requires trademark applicants to list their home addresses.

The May cert petition from Chestek PLLC, a small North Carolina firm, argued the address requirement the USPTO enacted a few years ago was too important to be decided by the government agency alone. But the justices declined to hear the matter and provided no explanation for their decision.

Chestek raised public safety<https://www.law360.com/articles/1837556> concerns, saying "the home addresses of victims of domestic violence and stalking, as well as celebrities and other public figures" would be publicized because of the requirement.

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Chestek is represented by Andrew Michael Grossman of BakerHostetler<https://www.law360.com/firms/baker-hostetler>.

The USPTO is represented by Elizabeth Prelogar of the U.S. Department of Justice<https://www.law360.com/agencies/u-s-department-of-justice>.

The case is Chestek PLLC v. Vidal, case number 23-1217<https://www.law360.com/cases/66451a1514e71c02ac914002>, in the Supreme Court of the United States<https://www.law360.com/agencies/u-s-supreme-court>.

--Additional reporting by Andrew Karpan. Editing by Alyssa Miller.



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