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A Trademark is a legally registered distinctive mark or sign which identifies goods, products or services that originate or are associated with a particular person or enterprise . A typical example of a trademark... more +
A Trademark is a legally registered distinctive mark or sign which identifies goods, products or services that originate or are associated with a particular person or enterprise . A typical example of a trademark would be a company's logo such as the Nike "Check" or McDonald's "Golden Arches."  less -
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USPTO’s COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program extended through 31 December 2022

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Yesterday, a notice was published in the Federal Register announcing yet another extension of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) pilot program for expedited review of COVID-19-associated patent applications (the...more

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Two ways to fast-track your Canadian trademark application

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Earlier in the year, the Canadian Trademarks Office announced new measures intended to improve delays in the processing of trademark applications. With the time to examination for national applications exceeding three years...more

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PTAB/USPTO Update - May 2021

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USPTO News - USPTO announced a new category for its Patents for Humanity Program for inventors of technology to track, prevent, diagnose, or treat COVID-19....more

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USPTO/PTAB Update - March 2021

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USPTO News - ..Administrative Patent Judges Michael Cygan and Kristi L. R. Sawert, and Patent Attorney Thomas Volper discussed the one-year ex parte appeal, Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program, and what happens after PTAB...more

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The Uniform Rapid Suspension System – ICANN’s fast-track domain name complaints procedure

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ICANN’s Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) seeks to offer trademark holders a quick and cost-effective way of tackling infringing domain names. The URS is designed to sit alongside the existing Uniform Domain Name...more

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What May Be the IP Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

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The diplomats negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement have done the seemingly impossible: they have kept the details of the draft agreement secret from the press and interested parties in the United States,...more

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UK Trademarks will no longer be able to be extended to the BVI beginning September 1, 2015

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As part of some major reforms to The Trademark Law of The British Virgin Islands (BVI) that will come into force on September 1, 2015, owners of trademark applications and registrations in the United Kingdom (UK) will no...more

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Legal Alert: European Union Trademark Office Announces New “Fast Track” Procedure

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Since 1994, the European Union’s trademark office – the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) – has provided trademark owners a centralized and cost-effective registration system for securing trademark...more

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