William C. Youngblood
William C. Youngblood is a USPTO correspondent of record. In TTAB matters, William C. Youngblood is attorney of record on 1 contested oppositions and cancellations, more often as defendant (1) than plaintiff (0). The correspondent is associated with CAESAR, RIVISE, BERNSTEIN, COHEN & POKOTILOW, LTD.
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Class 42 Is Up 20% Year Over Year While the Rest of the Register Flatlines
Software and technology-services filings in Class 42 hit 6,632 in September 2026, up 20.2% from a year earlier and the biggest year-over-year gain of any top-15 class. Total applications slipped 0.7% to 55,684.
TTAB in Q3 2026: Contested Filings Rise 3.9% While Defaults End 56% of Oppositions
Oppositions and cancellations filed at the TTAB rose 3.9% to 3,044 in Q3 2026. Of the 2,937 that ended during the quarter, 1,636 (55.7%) ended in default because the respondent never answered.
How the Thirteen du Pont Factors Actually Get Weighed
The thirteen factors were never a scoring rubric: two keystones decide most cases, any single factor can end one, and the rest move only when someone pays to put evidence in. The finale of our thirteen-part series, with the scoreboard of every case it covered.