Letter From The Editor

摘要

In this issue of Intellectual Property Counselor we are pleased to provide an artiele excerpted from "Proof of Dilution of a Trademark," 98 American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts 3d 313, written by Michelle L. Evans, discussing the proof needed to establish liability for trademark dilution. We would also like to bring your attention to the summary of the Tafas v. DiuLis case found in the UPDATES section of this newsletter. This is the case in which the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia declared void the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Final Rules concerning continued examination filings, patent applications and examination of claims in patent applications. It includes an overview of the current patent application system and outlines the changes that the new rules would make to that system.