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Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) Issues its 2009 Annual Report

The Trademark Public Advisory Committee of the USPTO (TPAC) has issued its annual report for Fiscal Year 2oo9. (pdf here). According to TPAC, " this report does two things: (i) it reports on the performance aspects of the USPTO that the TPAC enabling statute requires be addressed, with an emphasis on the performance issues that are of greatest interest to the trademark community, and (ii) it reports on the status of issues TPAC is championing or has championed during FY 2009."Here are some interesting tidbits from the report:In FY 2009, for the first time in seven years, the number of trademark applications decreased, going from 401,392 classes in FY 2008 to an Annualized Total of 351,348 as of July 31, 2009. This is a reduction of approximately 12 percent...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on December 19, 2009 (boomark / email).