Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is a Chicago, ILLINOIS-based trademark practice with 17,566 USPTO filings on file, 8,405 of which are currently live. The firm has represented 4,418 distinct trademark owners — a mid-breadth client roster at roughly 4.0 marks per client. In TTAB practice, the firm has handled 2,940 proceedings, more often as plaintiff (1,948) than defendant (1,000). 223 attorneys have appeared at the firm — 30 focused on prosecution, 115 on TTAB matters, 31 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.