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Transcript of February 2010 TPAC Meeting Now Available

The transcript of the February 25, 2010 meeting of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) is available here. The comments of TTAB Acting Chief Judge Gerard F. Rogers begin at page 58. Judge Rogers will be in Boston today, lecturing on TTAB practice and hearing oral argument in the Carroll Shelby opposition at Boston University School of Law.In his TPAC comments, Judge Rogers addressed the following agenda items:Brief report on current TTAB speed statistics and case volume statistics. Status report on preparing a request for comments on: A possible, alternative fast-track for TTAB opposition and cancellation cases. Making the TTAB more assertive in encouraging settlement. Possible limits on consented extensions. Status report on getting TBMP up to date, easily searchable and in HTML, including plans for frequency of updates after this revision...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on April 09, 2010 (boomark / email).