Book Release: A Legal Strategist’s Guide to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice

CHICAGO, Oct. 05, 2010 – A new resource from the American Bar Association, A Legal Strategist’s Guide to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice, provides a comprehensive look at the proceedings of the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. As the first book of its kind to examine Board practices, the new guide is an essential resource for all trademark practitioners.

Edited by Jonathan Hudis, an expert in trademark and copyright law, the guide features commentary from several leading trademark lawyers and TTAB specialists, who detail and analyze each facet of Board practice and procedure, including:  

• Inter partes proceedings (such as oppositions, cancellations, and concurrent-use proceedings);
• Ex parte appeals to the Board from refusals to register marks;
• Disclosures and discovery;
• Motion practice;
• Evidence presentation at trial;
• Use of experts;
• Briefs on final hearing and oral argument;
• Appeals from final TTAB decisions;
• Settlement, alternative dispute resolution and accelerated case resolution; and
• Ethical issues when practicing before the Board.

Published with the needs of both TTAB novices and veterans in mind, the annotated guide combines legal expertise with practical insights. It includes sample forms, practice tips and checklists of items that practitioners should bear in mind during Board proceedings.

With nearly 400,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world.  As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.

Title:                           A Legal Strategist’s Guide to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice

Publisher:             American Bar Association

Pages:                        403

Product Code:      5370190

ISBN:                          978-1-61632-011-9

Size:                            7×10

Binding:                 Paperback

Price:                       $129.95

Orders:                  1.800.285.2221 or www.ababooks.org

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Editor’s note:  Review copies are available by sending an e-mail to Jill Nuppenau at nuppenaj@staff.abanet.org.  If you publish a review of this book, please send tearsheets or a copy for our files to Jill Nuppenau, ABA Publishing, 321 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60654.