Fishers, Indiana – Plaintiff Lisa Corson creates photos, which she licenses for various uses including online and print publications. Corson’s client list includes AARP, Country Living, Delta Airlines, Google, House & Garden, The National Geographic Channel, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.
The US Trademark Office issued the following 144 trademark registrations to persons and business in Indiana in March 2022 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys:
| Reg. Number | Mark | |
| 6679659 | MBGBRYBELLY | |
| 6666925 | MAXIM | |
| 6665157 | LEAD WITH YOUR EDGE | |
| 6686862 | SUNCREST AUTISM CENTER | |
| 6686670 | SHORES OF MOON |
The U.S. Trademark Office issued the following 186 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in January 2022 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys:
The U.S. Patent Office issued the following 168 patent registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in January 2022, based on applications filed by Indiana Patent attorneys:
| Patent No. | Title | |
| 1 | PP0033,910 | Peony plant named `RTPIV 849-04` |
| 2 | PP0033,909 | Peony plant named `RTPIV 849-01` |
| 3 | D0941,959 | Faucet |
| 4 | D0941,780 | Contact wafer |
| 5 | D0941,779 | Electrical connector |
The United States Patent and Trademark office announced the Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response (DSMER) pilot program is designed to evaluate how deferred applicant responses to subject matter eligibility (SME) rejections affect examination efficiency and patent quality as compared to traditional compact prosecution practice. The program was initiated in response to a letter from Senators Thom Tillis and Tom Cotton.
Participation in this program is by invitation only. You may receive an invitation to participate if your application meets the criteria specified in the Federal Register notice announcing the program. These criteria include requirements that:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has seen a historic surge of new trademark filings over the past year, along with an increase in suspicious submissions ranging from inaccurate to fraudulent.
On January 5, 2022 the USPTO posted a Federal Register Notice that the Commissioner for Trademarks has established an administrative process for investigating submissions filed with the USPTO in trademark matters that appear to violate the Trademark Rules of Practice, including the rules concerning signatures, certificates, and representation of others in trademark matter before the USPTO and/or the USPTO website’s Terms of Use; and imposing sanctions, as appropriate. Under this process, when a submission appears to violate the Trademark Rules of Practice or the USPTO website’s Terms of Use, the USPTO will issue administrative orders that may result in sanctions being imposed. Sanctions may include:
| Patent No. | Title |
| D931,713 | Wire support |
| 11,134,333 | Multi-range speaker containing multiple diaphragms |
| 11,134,031 | Computer remote indirect memory access system |
| 11,133,694 | Methods and system for add-on battery |
| 11,133,170 | Atmospheric-pressure ionization and fragmentation of molecules for structural elucidation |
The U.S. Trademark Office issued the following 161 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in September 2021 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys:
| Reg. Number | Trademark |
| 6504403 | SUCCESS AT WORK COACH |
| 6500515 | TRUCKING FROM SCRATCH |
| 6500137 | GLENRIDGE |
| 6500132 | COASTAL MIX |
| 6500116 | EZ-REACH |
