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A blog dedicated to exploring, discussing, and sharing with the world the latest news and legal developments in trademark law -- Published by Ryan Gile.
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About Me
Ryan Gile is a trademark, copyright, and intellectual property attorney and principal of the law firm Gile Law Group. He has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for Trademark Law and Copyright Law and has received an AV Preeminent® peer review rating from Martindale Hubbell's. His law firm has also been named among "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report.
Phone: (702) 703-7288
Profiles
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Court Filings of High Profile Trademark Lawsuits
Essential Trademark Links
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Trademarks Page
- USPTO Data Visualization Center - Trademark Dashboard
- Basic Facts About Trademarks
- Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
- Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR)
- Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) - January 2015
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
- Final Decisions of the TTAB (Searchable)
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)
- U.S. Customs & Border Patrol Intellectual Property Rights e-Recordation (IPRR)
- U.S. Customs Intellectual Property Rights Search (IPRS)
- Directory of Intellectual Property Offices Worldwide
- Historic copies of USPTO Official Gazettes (Greenberg & Lieberman)
Other Trademark Blogs
- The TTABlog®
- The Trademark Blog
- Technology & Marketing Law Blog
- Likelihood of Confusion®
- Seattle Trademark Lawyer
- Incontestable
- Trademark Decisions at Creative Protection
- 43(b)log
- Brand Geek
- Secondary Trademark Infringement Online Treatise
- Your Trademark Attorney Blog
- Knockoff Report
- Trademark Blog of the Trademark Lawyer's Mind
- Trademark 'Em
- NameWire®-The Product Naming Blog
Other Intellectual Property Blogs
- Property, intangible
- Unintellectual Property
- Internet Cases (Evan Brown)
- Brand Geek (Lara Pearson)
- IPelton (Erik M. Pelton)
- Chicago IP Litigation Blog
- Anticipate This!™ | Patent and Trademark Law Blog
- IP in Brief
- Create Protect
- Arizona Patent Attorney (Thomas W. Galvani)
- IP Finance Blog
- IP Asset Maximizer Blog
- Virginia IP Law
- ITC 337 Law Blog
- Delaware IP Law Blog
- Maryland IP Law blog
- The Legal Satyricon
Copyright Links & Blogs
Patent Links & Blogs
Other Las Vegas/Nevada Law Blogs
Blog Archive
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October
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- Vegas™Esq. on Vacation Until November 1st
- Court Denies Google's Motion to Dismiss American A...
- Farouk seeks to flatten eBay sellers of counterfei...
- NuVision’s Trademark Infringement Dispute with Pan...
- Lulu lo-loses first round of trademark hubbub with...
- Colorado Rockies Seek Registration for ROCKTOBER t...
- Pending INFOCOM fight brings back memories of youth
- Ninth Circuit reverses district court’s dismissal ...
- Las Vegas Tropicana Owner Goes Double-Down on Trad...
- FIRST NIAGARA Trademark Dispute Moves to the Big L...
- WHAM-O Wins Partial Victory in Trademark Infringem...
- Jesse James’s Cogwheel Logo – Trademark Infringeme...
- The Story of the TABASCO® Trademark
- Las Vegas Sands Files Federal Lawsuit Against “Ven...
- To be Ric Flair, you gotta beat Ric Flair . . . in...
- Arizona State University Alleging Trademark Infrin...
- TRADEMORK.com – monitoring the always fascinating ...
- Long Winding Road Towards Abandonment for Las Vega...
- Is Pussycat Dolls Founder in for a catfight over G...
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Labels
- ® Symbol (3)
- Abandonment (7)
- ACPA (7)
- Acquiescence (2)
- Acquired Distinctiveness (8)
- Actual Confusion (1)
- Adword (17)
- Affirmative Defense (2)
- Alter Ego (1)
- Analogous Use Doctrine (1)
- Anti-Trust (1)
- Attorney's Fees (5)
- Bad Applications (2)
- Bankruptcy (1)
- Bona Fide Intent (2)
- Breach of Contract (9)
- Cancellation (12)
- Cannabis (1)
- CBD (1)
- Cease and Desist (4)
- Certification Marks (3)
- Click-Through Web Directories (1)
- Co-Ownership (1)
- Collective Marks (4)
- Color Trademark (3)
- Common Law (14)
- Communications Decency Act (3)
- Concurrent Use (5)
- Constructive Notice (2)
- Constructive Trust (1)
- Constructive Use (2)
- Contract (1)
- Contributory Infringement (9)
- Copyright Infringement (13)
- Counterfeit Goods (14)
- Counterfeiting (5)
- Customs (1)
- Cybersquatting (37)
- Damages (1)
- Declaratory Judgment (25)
- Decorative/Ornamental Feature (9)
- Defamation (2)
- Default Judgment (2)
- Derivative Action (1)
- Design Patent (1)
- Dilution (42)
- Disclaimer (2)
- Dissimilar Marks (2)
- Domain Name (18)
- Domain Tasting (3)
- du Pont Factors (2)
- Eleventh Circuit (2)
- Evidence (1)
- Exhaustion Doctrine (2)
- Expert Witness (1)
- Fair Use (9)
- False advertising (12)
- False connection (1)
- False description (5)
- False designation of origin (15)
- Famous Mark (12)
- Famous Mark Doctrine (3)
- Federal Circuit (1)
- First Amendment Defense (8)
- First Circuit (1)
- First Sale Doctrine (1)
- Foreclosure (1)
- Foreign Priority (3)
- Foreign Use (5)
- Franchise (3)
- Fraud (12)
- Generic (12)
- Genuine Goods (1)
- Geographically Descriptive (4)
- Google (7)
- Gripe Website (1)
- Hearsay (1)
- Immoral/Scandalous Matter (1)
- Immunity (2)
- In Rem Action (4)
- Incontestable Mark (2)
- Infringement (179)
- Inherently Distinctive (2)
- Initial Interest Confusion (5)
- Intent-to-Use (4)
- Interference with Contract (2)
- Irreparable Harm (3)
- Joinder (1)
- Laches (13)
- Las Vegas (57)
- Legislation (1)
- Likelihood of Confusion (40)
- Marijuana (1)
- Merely Descriptive (8)
- Metatags (1)
- Naked License (5)
- Name/Likeness Misappropriation (5)
- Nevada (4)
- Ninth Circuit (12)
- Nominative Use Defense (4)
- OHIM (1)
- Opposition (24)
- Ornamental (7)
- Parody Defense (11)
- Personal Jurisdiction (2)
- Preliminary Injunction (18)
- Primary Jurisdiction Doctrine (1)
- Principal Register (4)
- Priority (11)
- Private-Label/Store-Brand (1)
- Privilege (1)
- Protectable Interest (2)
- Regulations (1)
- Reverse Confusion (3)
- Reverse Cybersquatting (8)
- Right of Publicity (7)
- Righthaven (4)
- Second Circuit (4)
- Secondary Meaning (2)
- Section 1(b) (1)
- Section 2(a) (1)
- Section 2(c) (3)
- Section 2(e)(1) (1)
- Section 2(e)(2) (2)
- Section 2(e)(4) (1)
- Section 2(f) (3)
- Security Interest (1)
- Seizure (4)
- Settlement (16)
- Seventh Circuit (2)
- Sound Choice (1)
- Sound Trademark (3)
- Specimen of Use (1)
- Standing (1)
- State Court (6)
- State Registration (10)
- Statute of Limitations (2)
- Statutory Damages (2)
- Subject Matter Jurisdiction (2)
- Subpoena (3)
- Suggestive Mark (1)
- Supplemental Jurisdiction (1)
- Supplemental Register (9)
- Surname (1)
- Tacking (1)
- Tenth Circuit (3)
- Territoriality (1)
- Third Circuit (1)
- Third Party Rights (1)
- TM/SM Symbols (1)
- Trade Dress (20)
- Trade Names (1)
- Trade Secret Misappropriation (1)
- Trademark 101 (2)
- Trademark Lien (1)
- Trademark Ownership (5)
- Trademark Registration (3)
- Trademark Use (14)
- TRO (3)
- TTAB (31)
- Typosquatting (3)
- U.S. Supreme Court (2)
- UDRP (5)
- Unclean Hands (3)
- Unfair Competition (9)
- Unregistered Mark (7)
- Use In Commerce (10)
- USPTO (4)
- Venue (1)
- Vicarious Infringement (6)
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