Recent Comments:
Talking Travel with Rough Guides Founder Mark Ellingham {Gadling}
May 29th 2007 3:31AM Good contest, but I _really_ want a contest where there's a chance to win his job!
Apple / Cisco iPhone litigation primer, part 1 - what's in a trademark? {Engadget}
Feb 8th 2007 8:41PM "If the mark ceases to be used continuously, it is said to be "abandoned," and protection of the mark is lost. (This point could be key for Cisco.)"
Since you are likely to return to this as a "key for Cisco", I think several caveats are in order. Failure to use the trademark "continuously" will not lead to abandonment. Indeed, the TMEP provides up to 3 years of non-use before the mark is considered presumptively abandoned. Moreover, the non-use can be excused for various reasons.
See, http://tess2.uspto.gov/tmdb/tmep/1600.htm#_T160411
The picture you paint here is that immediate cessation of use leads to immediate abandonment.
