What is a USPTO office action, and what happens next?
An office action isn’t a rejection — it’s a deadline. The three-month response window, the common refusals, and what a response involves.
Section 2(d) refusals: what “likelihood of confusion” actually means
A plain-English guide to USPTO Section 2(d) refusals: the DuPont factors, mark similarity, related goods, and the ways these refusals get answered.