PTO Reopens Comments on E-Commerce Trademark Infringement

The Patent and Trademark Office reopened the comment period that expired Dec. 28 to provide more time for input on applying “the traditional doctrines of trademark infringement to the e-commerce setting,” said Monday’s Federal Register. Comments are now due Jan. 25 in docket PTO-T-2020-0035 on “the effectiveness of the traditional doctrines of secondary trademark infringement” in e-commerce. PTO seeks recommendations “for resolving any shortcomings in the application of these doctrines.”