I registered a web domain for my first name to strengthen my case (in case the trademark people decided to look any deeper), then forked over my £170 (around $250) to the Intellectual Property Office, registering my first name as a trademark.
The justices met behind closed doors this week to sift through hundreds of pending appeals and announced they would hear eight new cases, including the trademark dispute in Lee vs. Tam.
As unsurprising as overreactions may be, so too is the Redskins' refusal to change the team's name, the issue at the heart of a case before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in Virginia.
In cases in which the trademark data appear to be fraudulent, Mr. LaPlante said yesterday, Afilias would contest those registrations if no one else mounts a challenge by the end of its "challenge period," which lasts for 120 days beginning Aug. 28.
Tuesday's ruling reversed that determination and sent Tam's case back to the trademark office for reconsideration.
In response to the USPTO decision in the case, Randazza stated, "The trademark office has gone off the deep end with 2(a) rejections".
The case of Expression Hair Design vs. Schneiderman, like the trademark case, will be heard early next year and decided by late June.
"I am happy that the Supreme People's Court has recognized the right to protect my name through its ruling in the trademark cases," Jordan said in a statement.
"I am happy that the Supreme People's Court has recognized the right to protect my name through its ruling in the trademark cases," Jordan, who's also Chief Executive Officer of Nike's Brand Jordan Division, said in an emailed statement after the ruling.
