JAMES M. SMEDLEY LLC
JAMES M. SMEDLEY LLC is a WATCHUNG, NEW JERSEY-based trademark practice with 80 USPTO filings on file, 21 of which are currently live. The firm has represented 56 distinct trademark owners — a broad client roster of mostly one-off filings at roughly 1.4 marks per client. In TTAB practice, the firm has handled 34 proceedings, more often as defendant (22) than plaintiff (12). 7 attorneys have appeared at the firm — 6 on TTAB matters, 1 working across both areas.
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Refusals 101, Part 2: Section 2(d) — The Register's Biggest Fight
Section 2(d) is the most common substantive reason the USPTO refuses a trademark — and the one most likely to kill a name you've already fallen in love with. Here's what examiners actually compare.
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.