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Hon. Rany Simms, Administrative Trademark Judge, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
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Judge Simms, TTAB
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Judge Simms, TTAB
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Honorable Rany L. SimmsAdministrative Trademark Judge, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Rany L. Simms is an Administrative Trademark Judge with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.He received a B.A. degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, in 1969 and his J.D. in 1972 from the University of Illinois College of Law.He first joined the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1972 as a Trademark Examining Attorney, and worked for the Board as an Interlocutory Attorney from 1975 until 1980.He became an Acting Member of the Board in 1980 and has been an Administrative Trademark Judge (formerly called Member) since 1981.He has written numerous articles for the Trademark Reporter (published by the International Trademark Association) and has spoken on a number of occasions about practice before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.He is admitted to practice in the state of Maryland.