Helen Hill Minsker
Helen Hill Minsker is a USPTO correspondent of record based in Chicago, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, listed on 175 trademark filings (30 currently live). The correspondent has worked across 75 distinct trademark owners — a broad client roster of mostly one-off filings at roughly 2.3 marks per client. In TTAB matters, Helen Hill Minsker is attorney of record on 127 contested oppositions and cancellations, more often as plaintiff (118) than defendant (9). The correspondent is associated with ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP.
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Fighting Back, Part 1: What the Cure-Rate Data Actually Says About Beating a Refusal
We measured every US trademark application filed in January 2022 - 46,443 files. More than half drew a refusal letter, roughly half of the refused still registered, and even a final refusal only nudged the odds.
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The Supreme Court will decide whether trademark strength is a question of fact or of law. The register has been measuring strength for decades, and on RISE its two measures point in opposite directions.
You can brand humanity. You can't certify it yet.
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