Judge: Competing Rum Maker Can Intervene In Bacardi’s Fight With Trademark Office

( September 3, 2024, 3:26 PM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia granted an unopposed motion to allow a rum manufacturer to act as an intervenor in a case brought by its competitor against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) on claims that the office inappropriately allowed the company to renew a trademark a decade after its expiration....