When a Trademark Fight Goes to the Board, Be Ready.

The TTAB Decides Who Gets to Keep a Mark

A Specialized Forum That Decides Trademark Rights.

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board is the USPTO tribunal that resolves disputes over trademark rights. It does not award money, but it decides something just as important: who gets to register and keep a mark.

Its proceedings come in a few forms. An opposition challenges a pending application before it registers. A cancellation seeks to remove a mark already on the register. An appeal contests an examiner’s refusal of your application. Each is a litigation-style process with discovery, briefing, and evidence.

We represent clients on both sides of TTAB matters, opposing or cancelling marks that conflict with our clients’ rights, and defending applications and registrations against challenges, with the focused, strategic approach these proceedings demand.

Where We Come In

• ✓ A conflicting application threatens your brand
• ✓ Someone opposed your trademark application
• ✓ You want to cancel a registered mark that conflicts
• ✓ Your application was refused and you want to appeal
• ✓ You were named in a TTAB proceeding
• ✓ You need experienced representation before the Board

Oppositions

Block a pending application that conflicts with you.

Cancellations

Seek to remove a registered mark from the register.

Defending Applications

Protect your application against an opposition.

Defending Registrations

Defend a registered mark against cancellation.

Ex Parte Appeals

Contest an examiner’s refusal of your mark.

Discovery & Briefing

Handle the evidence and filings the Board requires.

Consultation

Tell us about your brand, your goals, and your risks. We assess your assets and where you are exposed.

Map the Strategy

We build a tailored protection and monetization plan, your roadmap for making IP work for the business.

File & Fortify

We register, draft, and put the protections in place, building a portfolio that holds up and stays useful.

Defend & Grow

We monitor, enforce, and license, turning protected IP into a durable, revenue-producing asset.

“The TTAB surprises people because it looks and feels like litigation, with discovery, evidence, and briefing, but it lives inside the trademark office and decides rights rather than money. That makes it a powerful tool. If a conflicting application is heading toward registration, an opposition can stop it before it ever becomes a problem. If a registered mark is blocking you, a cancellation can clear the path. And if an examiner wrongly refused your mark, an appeal can fix it. We work both sides of these proceedings, because protecting a brand sometimes means challenging, and sometimes means defending.”

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