Cancellation

In Brief: When manufacturing stops, cancellation of a trademark is not far behind. Here’s What Happened:   Peavey Electronics Corporation manufactured a popular series of amplifiers from the 1970s to 2013 under the brand “CS”. Peavey shipped amplifier manufacturing to China and eventually dropped the CS brand from its catalogue. Domestic sales of CS amps […]

In Brief:  A trademark cannot be cancelled after a fraudulent declaration of incontestability. Here’s What Happened:   First, a little background about the Section 15 declaration of incontestability for a trademark. Before the fifth anniversary of the registration of a trademark, the registration is prima facie evidence of rights in the mark. So, the USPTO […]