CAFC Says Fraud in Incontestability Filing Does Not Kill Trademark Registration
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Wednesday ruled in a precedential decision that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) cannot cancel a trademark based on the filing of a fraudulent declaration under Section 15 of the Lanham Act.
Source: ipwatchdog.com