LAW-2457 Trademark Practice: Patent and Trademark Office
This course will focus on USPTO trademark practice using simulated cases. One-half of each class will be devoted to acquiring the skill and knowledge required to practice effectively before the U.S. Trademark Office, including conducting trademark searches, evaluating trademark search results, preparing clearance letters, drafting trademark applications, evaluating specimens of use, preparing responses to Office Actions, with particular emphasis on responses to rejections under Section 2 of the Lanham Act. The other half of each class will be devoted to the statutes, rules, and case law concerning USPTO trademark practice, including a complete reading of the TMEP. Weekly assessments count for 50% of the grade, and a Final Project accounts for the other 50% of the grade. Students using this course to fulfill the experiential learning requirement may not also use this same course to meet the legal writing requirement.