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Erik Pelton's Summary of This Week's TPAC Public Meeting

Erik Pelton reports here on this week's quarterly Public Meeting of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC).As to our favorite tribunal, Erik has this to say:TTAB update from Acting Chief Judge Rogers: * The TTAB has finally finished its work regarding the updates to the TTAB Manual of Procedure (TBMP). The changes are now going through final review from the solicitor's office and OMB. The changes will be published in XML and PDF using a publishing tool which is new for the USPTO. The new publishing tool may also provide for user comments and discussions regarding sections of the manual. It is expected that the new manual will be released in March 2011. Judge Rogers expects the TTAB to attempt to have semi-annual updates to the manual after that...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on November 24, 2010 (boomark / email).