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

Tue Oct 8 22:33:31 UTC 2024

The Paperwork Reduction Act has its own 60-day notice-and-comment
requirement.  So we'll all be leaning harder on that.  44 USC 3506 and
3507, 5 CFR 1320.8.

On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 4:28 PM Pamela Chestek via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> Thanks to all for your support on it. The unhappiest part of the outcome
> is not about the address requirement, but that the decision in the Federal
> Circuit, which relieved the PTO of its duty to comply with notice and
> comment rulemaking altogether, gives the PTO even more freedom to ignore
> its constituencies and do whatever it wants. So my effort appears to have
> been a significant net loss. Expect to see more capricious rule changes
> without even an opportunity to comment.
>
> But I'm optimistic that the patent side will continue to fight the good
> fight - they are treated even more cavalierly than we are on the trademark
> side. Here's hoping that eventually this agency will realize that it will
> perform better if it works with us towards a common good, rather than
> solely pursuing its own self-interest using tunnel vision.
>
> Pam
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> On 10/8/2024 3:47 PM, Janet Satterthwaite via E-trademarks wrote:
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> Agreed!
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> *Subject:* [E-trademarks] Justices Skip Review Of USPTO's TM Address
> Requirement
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> I guess we got our Answer and we’re stuck with this rule.
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> *Justices Skip Review Of USPTO's TM Address Requirement*
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> By *Ivan Moreno
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> 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
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> is required to solicit public feedback before enacting a rule that requires
> trademark applicants to list their home addresses.
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> 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.
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> Chestek raised public *safety
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.law360.com_articles_1837556&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=BD_ODyCnGyM4QYkJS4ogIYzIigAHSpBLLoEgzCd9OOE&m=P6wJhO25ukGGInnvzpSL_RNhfQPvYJ6Yz07UFH7W-r4lxMK9CN5FWlQsyonKPfbb&s=VOo0TF9QKW83ILhPUl2QDbxF4lqmDYxl1_NSolJrYJA&e=> *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
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> .
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> The USPTO is represented by Elizabeth Prelogar of the U.S. Department of
> Justice
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.law360.com_agencies_u-2Ds-2Ddepartment-2Dof-2Djustice&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=BD_ODyCnGyM4QYkJS4ogIYzIigAHSpBLLoEgzCd9OOE&m=P6wJhO25ukGGInnvzpSL_RNhfQPvYJ6Yz07UFH7W-r4lxMK9CN5FWlQsyonKPfbb&s=FIAq2566tVTRnpkswvSXnLqGik18IK1Q-7A0tPbphIU&e=>
> .
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> The case is Chestek PLLC v. Vidal, case number 23-1217
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.law360.com_cases_66451a1514e71c02ac914002&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=BD_ODyCnGyM4QYkJS4ogIYzIigAHSpBLLoEgzCd9OOE&m=P6wJhO25ukGGInnvzpSL_RNhfQPvYJ6Yz07UFH7W-r4lxMK9CN5FWlQsyonKPfbb&s=-7LVr3DNZbqLjda7zDb3q7R08insQLF4vK_mWCqtNSM&e=>,
> in the Supreme Court of the United States
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> .
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> --Additional reporting by Andrew Karpan. Editing by Alyssa Miller.
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