Molly B. Markley
Molly B. Markley is a USPTO correspondent of record based in Troy, MICHIGAN, listed on 1,628 trademark filings (1,011 currently live). The correspondent has worked across 594 distinct trademark owners — a broad client roster of mostly one-off filings at roughly 2.7 marks per client. In TTAB matters, Molly B. Markley is attorney of record on 44 contested oppositions and cancellations, more often as defendant (25) than plaintiff (19). The correspondent is associated with Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C..
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How a Name Becomes Unownable: OSHO and the Anatomy of a Generic Trademark
Seventeen years after the TTAB ruled OSHO generic, the register tells the whole story: twenty OSHO marks ever filed, eighteen dead - and the only live OSHO word registration belongs to a Mexican beverage company.
The DEMON HUNTER Trademark That Netflix Filed Right Past
A Christian metal band sued Netflix over KPOP DEMON HUNTERS. The USPTO register shows a first DEMON HUNTER registration the band let die in 2014 — and a live one it rebuilt in 2022.