Merchant & Gould P.C.
Merchant & Gould P.C. is a MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA-based trademark practice with 23,688 USPTO filings on file, 11,237 of which are currently live. The firm has represented 6,610 distinct trademark owners — a mid-breadth client roster at roughly 3.6 marks per client. In TTAB practice, the firm has handled 7,055 proceedings, more often as plaintiff (5,086) than defendant (2,006). 327 attorneys have appeared at the firm — 32 focused on prosecution, 200 on TTAB matters, 40 working across both areas.
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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.
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