Anne Gilson LaLonde: Will the Ambitious New TTAB Accelerated Case Resolution Procedure (ACR) Catch On?
Accelerated Case Resolution is the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's new method for resolving cases expeditiously. It's a voluntary procedure in which the Board promises to decide the case in fifty days based on summary judgment-like submissions from the parties. In fact, the Board is requiring parties to discuss this streamlining option in their discovery/settlement conference. Is ACR right for your inter partes case? Read on.
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