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Goods or Services Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)

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MarkIt to Market® - May 2020: One of These Things is Not Like the Other: Limiting Disclaimers Within Classes of Services

In a precedential decision earlier this month, the TTAB found that a disclaimer of a term is required as to all services in a Class if it is descriptive as to any services in that Class. This decision appears to contravene...more

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MarkIt to Market® - February 2020: Sussexit: Petty Queens and Trademark Takeaways

Trademark lawyers get excited when trademark protection maneuvers make international headlines; add glamorous royals Harry and Meghan to the mix, and everyone has an opinion on the ramifications of Sussexit and the SUSSEX...more

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MarkIt to Market - October 2018: 13 Can Prove Lucky for Applicants

When examining trademark applications, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) considers whether the applied-for mark is confusingly similar to any registered or prior-filed marks by applying the following...more

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When Theory and Practice Diverge

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.” Although this quote is attributed as a remark overheard at a computer science conference in Walter J. Savitch’s Pascal: An...more

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