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How to Choose a Trademark for Your Cannabis Brand

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Building a strong and distinctive brand identity for your business is crucial for driving sales, fostering consumer loyalty, and standing out in any industry, and more so for emerging and rapidly evolving sectors such as...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Trademarks as Assets: Selecting or Changing a Mark in the United States

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As part of our series on trademarks as critical assets for businesses, this article discusses the importance of selecting and clearing a new or altered trademark for use and registration in the United States. Trademark...more

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Patent Poetry: Trademark Denied for “ChatGPT”

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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has denied OpenAI’s applications to trademark “ChatGPT” and “GPT.” The Final Office Action states, “Registration is refused because the applied-for mark merely describes a...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Brand Selection Primer for Emerging Healthy F&B Companies

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Branding is critical for emerging companies in the healthy food and beverage (“F&B”) space. Strong brands can help companies stand out from competitors and build trust and loyalty with customers. For emerging companies, a...more

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Patent Poetry: When is trademark generic?

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In theory, a trademark can last “forever.” For example, the winged hourglass logo of the Longines watch company, originally registered in Switzerland in 1889, is the oldest valid trademark in the International Registry...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

How To Select a Strong Trademark

Learn how to select a strong trademark. What makes a strong trademark vs. a weak trademark and the different types: generic, descriptive, suggestive, arbitrary, and fanciful....more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Not all trademarks are created equal

Not all trademarks are equal in strength and the scope of exclusive protection they are afforded. The strength of a mark is determined based on the mark’s ability to be distinctive of the of goods and services offered under...more

Carlton Fields

The Game of the Name: Choosing a Trademark for Your Video Game

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Back to Basics: A Primer on Intellectual Property Rights in Video Games - It is often said that the most important asset to any video game company is its "IP," or intellectual property. The reason for this is not...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

The Herbal Community is Fired Up Over Fire Cider

The term “fire cider” is well known to herbalists as a term for a spicy, hot, deliciously sweet vinegar tonic, which is thought to have first been concocted in the kitchen of the California School of Herbal Studies in the...more

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