Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
TTAB e-government enhancements help it reach pendecy goals.
The TTAB met its pendency goal in FY 2005. The goal was to issue final decisions and decisions on trial motions, on average, within ten weeks of the time they were submitted for decision. During FY 2005, the TTAB issued decisions, on average, in nine and a half weeks.
In FY 2005, the TTAB added two options to its suite of electronic filing forms. Now, changes of correspondence address may be updated using the TTAB’s electronic filing system. Also, parties in contested cases may electronically file most consented motions, which are granted automatically. By the end of FY 2005, 84 percent of extensions of time to oppose were being received and processed electronically, as were 58 percent of notices of opposition and 59 percent of petitions to cancel. Finally, the TTAB held its first electronic oral hearing in the electronic courtroom it shares with the BPAI. The electronic courtroom permits parties to appear before TTAB and BPAI from remote teleconferencing locations.
