Michael P. Matesky, II
Michael P. Matesky, II is a USPTO correspondent of record based in Seattle, WASHINGTON, listed on 104 trademark filings (62 currently live). The correspondent has worked across 54 distinct trademark owners — a broad client roster of mostly one-off filings at roughly 1.9 marks per client. In TTAB matters, Michael P. Matesky, II is attorney of record on 8 contested oppositions and cancellations, appearing as plaintiff and defendant in equal measure (4 each). The correspondent is associated with MATESKY LAW PLLC.
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The 'Twitter' Land Grab: What a Startup's USPTO Filings Reveal About Reclaiming a Dead Name
A startup filed to seize the TWITTER trademark on the theory that X abandoned it. The USPTO register shows exactly how far that gambit has — and hasn't — gotten.
Amazon Filed a Trademark for DUCKLABS the Same Day It Announced Buying DuckLabs
On August 26, Amazon Technologies filed a trademark application for DUCKLABS — the same day AWS announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam company behind the
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.