Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

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administrative tribunal federal agency component quasi-judicial body

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board is an administrative tribunal within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that adjudicates disputes over federal trademark registration, including oppositions, cancellations, and certain ex parte appeals.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
TTAB	1
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative tribunal ⓘ federal agency component ⓘ quasi-judicial body ⓘ
adjudicates	concurrent use proceedings ⓘ ex parte appeals from final refusals of trademark applications ⓘ inter partes trademark disputes regarding registrability ⓘ petitions for concurrent use registrations ⓘ petitions to cancel registrations ⓘ trademark cancellation proceedings ⓘ trademark opposition proceedings ⓘ
administers	inter partes trademark proceedings before registration ⓘ post-registration trademark challenges ⓘ
appealTo	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ United States district courts ⓘ
canOrder	cancellation of trademark registration ⓘ refusal of trademark registration ⓘ restriction or modification of trademark registration ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
decisionType	non-precedential opinions ⓘ precedential opinions ⓘ
doesNotAdjudicate	damages for trademark infringement ⓘ trademark infringement claims ⓘ unfair competition claims ⓘ
employs	administrative trademark judges ⓘ interlocutory attorneys ⓘ paralegal staff ⓘ
governs	contested proceedings involving federal trademark applications ⓘ contested proceedings involving federal trademark registrations ⓘ
hearingFormat	oral hearings ⓘ paper submissions ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal trademark registration ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act) provisions ⓘ surface form: Lanham Act Title 15 of the United States Code ⓘ
location	Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ
overseenBy	Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Patent and Trademark Office ⓘ
partOf	United States Patent and Trademark Office ⓘ
publishes	TTAB decisions ⓘ
relatedTo	Trademark Electronic Application System ⓘ United States Patent and Trademark Office ⓘ surface form: Trademark Status and Document Retrieval system
scope	federal trademark registration system ⓘ
shortName	Trademark Trial and Appeal Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: TTAB
subjectArea	trademark law ⓘ unfair competition law (registrability aspects) ⓘ
usesProcedure	rules of evidence for the federal courts ⓘ surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence Trademark Trial and Appeal Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure
website	https://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit → appealsFrom → Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ⓘ

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board → shortName → Trademark Trial and Appeal Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: TTAB

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board → usesProcedure → Trademark Trial and Appeal Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure