Owner Of ‘Sealtight’ Mark Asks High Court To Adopt Standard For Fraud On The PTO

Mealey's (July 12, 2019, 10:36 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The plaintiff in a long-running dispute over the “Sealtight” trademark filed its second petition for certiorari in the case with the U.S. Supreme Court on July 3, asking the high court to adopt a test for determining whether a trademark holder has engaged in fraud on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in obtaining a registration, arguing that the circuit courts of appeal do not have a consistent standard (B&B Hardware Inc. v. Hargis Industries Inc., et al., No. 19-48, U.S. Sup.)....