The Trademark Review and Adjudication Board has stated its position with regard to letters of consent. Among other things, the board concluded that it will be more likely to accept a letter of consent ...

Pursuant to the new Industrial Property Law, similar or identical trademarks will no longer be considered absolute grounds for refusal if applicants submit a letter of consent for use from the prior ...

While the PRC Trademark Law and Implementing Regulations provide no real guidance on how or whether consent letters can be used to overcome trademark application rejections on relative grounds, in ...

It is a regular and strict practice of the Turkish Patent Institute to examine a trade mark application on both relative and absolute grounds within six to eight months of its filing date. Accordingly ...

Following an internal meeting on October 16 2007, the Trade Mark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) concluded that they would consider the following when dealing with a letter of consent: Similarity ...

Letters of consent to co-exist (LOCs) are letters issued by registered trademark rights holders, in which they consent to the registration of a later-applied-for mark that may be similar or identical ...