April 29, 2020:
John L. Welch participated in a webinar titled "Let's Talk Trademarks" to TechGC.
April 2 & 4, 2020:
John L. Welch presented "TTAB Year in Review" at "The Trademark Office Comes to California," California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Law Section.
November 5, 2019:
John L. Welch participated as a panelist on the Northeastern University School of Law panel titled "The Original Sin of Trademark Law: Failure to Function."
May 22, 2019:
John L. Welch presented at the annual INTA Conference on "Decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appear Board and the Federal Courts on Registrability Issues," Boston Massachusetts.
May 23, 2018:
John L. Welch presented at the annual INTA Conference on "Decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the Federal Courts on Registrability Issues," Seattle, Washington.
October 21, 2017:
John L. Welch presented "Recent Developments at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board" at the AIPLA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
May 24, 2017:
John L. Welch presented at the annual INTA Conference on the "Annual Review of U.S. Federal Case Law and TTAB Developments," Barcelona, Spain.
April 24, 2017
John L. Welch presented "TTAB Annual Review" at a New York City Bar Association conference entitled "On Your Marks: Frontline Issues in Trademark and Advertisement Law."
October 27, 2016
John L. Welch presented "TTAB Update" at the AIPLA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
May 25, 2016
John L. Welch presented at the annual INTA Conference on the "Annual Review of U.S. Federal Case Law and TTAB Developments," Orlando, Florida.
John L. Welch appeared with TTAB Judge Lorelei Ritchie at the Beverly Hills Bar Association seminar entitled “The TTAB Comes to the BHBA.”
John L. Welch presented an American Law Institute Webinar, with Professor Kenneth Germain, entitled “Trademarks, Trade Dress, and False Advertising 2015: Recent Developments for Business and IP Lawyer.”
John L. Welch appeared with TTAB Chief Judge Gerard Rogers in a panel discussion of recent Trademark Trial and Appeal Board developments at the Midwest Intellectual Property Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
May 28 & 29, 2015
John L. Welch presented at the "Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property and Technology Institute," sponsored by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association, the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, and Stanford Law School, Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology at the Westin Westminster Hotel in Denver, CO.
May 14, 2015
John L. Welch presented at a CLE program sponsored by the Complex Commercial Litigation's Intellectual Property Litigation Committee of the Massachusetts Bar Association on "
Trademark Acquisition and Enforcement: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," Boston, MA.
May 6, 2015
John L. Welch presented at the annual
INTA Conference on the "Annual Review of U.S. Federal Case Law and TTAB Developments," San Diego, CA.
April 14 & 16, 2015
John L. Welch was a panelist at the "
2015 Trademark Office Comes to California" seminar on April 14 at The Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles and April 16 at The Merchants Exchange Building, San Francisco.
March 26, 2015
John L. Welch presented on "
The Most Recent Top Trademark Decisions" at The Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, Concord, NH.
March 10, 2015
John L. Welch presented at the
IPO's 25th Annual PTO Day at the JW Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C.
February 10, 2015
John L. Welch presented on a CLE webinar titled "
Whether and How to Appeal a PTO Final Refusal: TTAB and Beyond" hosted by Strafford.
December 4, 2014
John L. Welch presented on a CLE webinar titled, "
Trademarks, Trade Dress and False Advertising: Recent Developments for Business and IP Lawyers," hosted by the American Law Institute.
October 3, 2014
John L. Welch presented on "The Top 8 or 9 Losing TTAB Arguments," at the
TTAB and PTAB Come to Boston Conference at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA.
August 7, 2014
John L. Welch presented on "
Recent Hot Topics at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board," at the ABA IP Law Conference, Boston, MA.
May 14, 2014
John L. Welch presented on "
Annual Review of U.S. Federal Case Law and TTAB Developments," at the 2014 International Trademark Association Annual Meeting, Hong Kong, China.
February 19, 2014
John L. Welch presented at a CLE telephone seminar titled, "
Trademarks, Trade Dress and False Advertising: Recent Developments for Business IP Lawyers," hosted by the American Law Institute.
September 27, 2013
John L. Welch presented on "What's New and Exciting at the TTAB?" at the 23rd All Ohio Annual Institute on Intellectual Property, Cleveland, OH.
September 26, 2013
John L. Welch presented on "What's New and Exciting at the TTAB?" at the 23rd All Ohio Annual Institute on Intellectual Property, Covington, KY.
May 8, 2013
John L. Welch presented on "Decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the Federal Circuit on Registrability Issues: 2012-2013," at the International Trademark Association's Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX.
April 18, 2013
John L. Welch presented on "TTAB Decisions in 2012," at the "2013 Trademark Office Comes to California" event, presented by the IP Section of the State Bar of California, San Francisco, CA.
April 16, 2013
John L. Welch presented on "TTAB Decisions in 2012," at the "2013 Trademark Office Comes to California" event, presented by the IP Section of the State Bar of California, Los Angeles, CA.
February 14, 2013
John L. Welch presented on "TTAB Hot Topics," at the Texas Bar CLE 26th Annual Advanced Intellectual Property Law Course, Austin, TX.
November 8, 2012
John L. Welch presented on "The TTAB in 2012: What's Hot and What's Not?" at the 37th Annual Intellectual Property Institute hosted by the Intellectual Property Section of the California State Bar, San Diego, CA.
September 21, 2012
John L. Welch hosted the "TTAB Comes to New Hampshire" Symposium at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, Concord, NH.
June 1, 2012
John L. Welch presented at the San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association's Spring Seminar 2012, Healdsburg, CA.
May 9, 2012
John L. Welch presented on "Decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the Federal Circuit on Registrability Issues: 2011-2012," at the International Trademark Association's Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
March 2, 2012
John L. Welch presented on "Recent Developments at the TTAB," at the Florida Bar's 3rd Annual Intellectual Property Law Symposium, Orlando, FL.