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Ten TTABlog Questions About Fraud

While I traveled from Berlin to London yesterday, questions kept popping into my head regarding the Board's "Twenty Questions" fraud decision, TTABlogged yesterday. It seems to me that University Games raises more questions than it answers. Here are ten questions that came to my mind:1. Shouldn't an applicant who corrects an alleged error in its verified listing of goods or services have the burden to explain how the error occurred and why it should be correctable, rather than presuming the error to be innocent?2. Is there to be no consequence whatsoever to filing a verified but false declaration as long as it is corrected prior to publication and applicant has an acceptable excuse?3. Does the fact that third parties, when conducting a trademark search, may be influenced by the erroneous listing of goods or services in a pending use-based application, deserve any consideration on the fraud issue?4...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on May 23, 2008 (boomark / email).