Awhile back I reported on Kunkel v. Jasin, an unpublished decision out of the Third Circuit. In it, Kunkel, who was in bankruptcy, filed copyright applications in his own name rather than the name of the estate. His case was dismissed, and the dismissal affirmed, because the certificates named the wrong owner. We now...
Read more →Medical Products Laboratories, Inc. v. Premier Dental Products Co. had the makings of a good tale about joint ownership of a trademark, but alas, it was decided on a statute of limitations basis rather than anything more substantive. Maybe we’ll see something later in the state court. Medical Products was a contract manufacturer for...
Read more →A short primer from the TTAB on when one can correct the name of an incorrectly named registrant and when instead the application is void ab initio. In Key West Innkeeper’s Association, Inc. v. The Popular House, Inc., the application was filed in the name of “Carlson,Jody,E”, a corporation, then the applicant was changed...
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