TTAB.
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO). Same USPTO AI guidance as PTAB; applies to trademark opposition and cancellation practice.
TTAB AI policy status. #
The TTAB hears trademark oppositions, cancellations, and ex parte appeals from trademark examiner decisions. Like PTAB, TTAB practitioners are bound by the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct (37 CFR Part 11) and by the April 2024 USPTO AI guidance. AI use in TTAB practice covers brief drafting, evidence summaries, search analyses, and discovery work product.
Authoritative source: https://www.uspto.gov/initiatives/artificial-intelligence/notices-and-related-actions
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Why TTAB matters. #
TTAB volume is moderate (~6,000 oppositions per year) but the proceedings are commercially significant for brand owners. AI-assisted likelihood-of-confusion analysis, fame evidence summaries, and competing-mark surveys are common. The April 2024 USPTO guidance applies in full.
Practice implications. #
TTAB practitioners face the same compliance regime as PTAB: verify AI-generated content, disclose where material, supervise tool use, comply with 37 CFR Part 11 generally. OED discipline applies. Practitioners admitted in their state bars and registered with USPTO must comply with both regimes simultaneously — where state-bar AI guidance is more demanding than USPTO's, the more demanding standard governs that aspect of the work.
