TTABlog Special Report: Who Files the Most Oppositions, Cancellations, and Extension Requests?

Did you ever wonder who are the most frequent inter partes filers at the TTAB (now that Leo Stoller has been sidelined)? Well, here are two lists generated by Chris Shiplett of TTAB Across the Board. The first sets forth this year's top 20 filers of oppositions, cancellations, and requests for extension of time to oppose. The second lists removes the extension requests.

OPPOSITIONS, CANCELLATIONS, OR EXTENSION REQUESTS FILED FROM 2009-01-01 THROUGH 2009-10-12:

Kellogg North America Company 163
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 153
Johnson & Johnson 103
Apple Inc. 103
NFL Properties LLC 80
Apex, LLC 72
E. & J. Gallo Winery 66
Franklin Loufrani 62
TeleTracking Technologies, Inc. 41
OMS Investments, Inc. 41
Sazerac Company, Inc. 37
Citigroup Inc. 37
The Smiley Company SPRL 37
Facebook, Inc. 36
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. 36
VeriSign, Inc. 34
Frito-Lay North America, Inc. 34
Avon Products, Inc. 33
Vanity Fair, Inc. 33
Zuffa, LLC 32


OPPOSITIONS AND CANCELLATIONS FILED FROM 2009-01-01 THROUGH 2009-10-12:

Kellogg North America Company 55
Apple Inc. 30
Johnson & Johnson 29
E. & J. Gallo Winery 23
Apex, LLC 21
Hansen Beverage Company 20
philosophy, inc. 16
OMS Investments, Inc. 15
Shurfine Foods, Inc. 15
Cytosport, Inc. 14
CFA Institute 13
Frito-Lay North America, Inc. 13
Avon Products, Inc. 13
Karsten Manufacturing Corporation 12
VeriSign, Inc. 12
Guthy-Renker LLC 12
Archie Comic Publications, Inc. 12
Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. 11
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. 11
Abbott Laboratories 10

If you have any questions or comments regarding these lists, please contact Chris Shiplett at "ttabacrosstheboard at gmail.com".
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TTABlog note: Leo Stoller holds the record for extension requests, a record that may stand for years to come. He filed around 1,750 requests for extension of time to oppose, in a six-month period in 2005-2006. See the TTABlog story here. You will recall that the Board sanctioned Stoller on June 14, 2006 for "misuse of the TTAB's procedures." [TTABlogged here].

Text Copyright John L. Welch 2009.