Trademarks / TTAB

31 Jan, 2019

Twombly at the TTAB – Abandonment Allegations Found Sufficient

The U.S. Supreme Court’s blockbuster rulings in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal represented a major shift in federal pleading standards. Resolution of motions to dismiss frequently turns on whether a complaint meets Twombly’s so-called “plausibility” standard. In the context of a continue reading...