Scott Landis

Trademark owners have long been targeted by fraudsters attempting to solicit them for trademark services by sending communications deceptively made to look like formal notices from official-sounding entities like "United States Trademark Agency," "US Patent and Trademark Bureau," "United States Trademark Registration Office." These "notices" are generally designed to separate businesses from their money by creating a false sense of urgency on the part of the recipient regarding false upcoming...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has recently highlighted or introduced certain additional fees tied to the accuracy and format of goods and services descriptions in trademark applications, and the failure to provide other specific information. These fees underscore the importance of providing complete and precise information during the application process.

Accustomed as we are to today’s benches, with their com plex vises and involved construction, it’s easy to forget they didn’t start out that way. Like the automobile, the modern-day workbench evolved from a much simpler design. Yet unlike many other mechanical objects, one can make a case that much of the bench’s evolution since the mid- 1 8th century has been icing on the cake-perhaps even superfluous.