Texas Trademark Row Will Proceed Despite Cancellation Petition 

Mealey's (December 18, 2020, 3:09 PM EST) -- HOUSTON — In a Dec. 17 order, a federal judge in Texas denied a defendant’s request to stay an infringement action while the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB, or board) considers a request to cancel the “512” trademark (ClipBandits LLC v. Edmund Samora, No. 20-3054, S.D. Texas, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 236457)....