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Trademark Office Error Saves One Application From Drowning, But Not Its Shipmate

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In a rare case involving an admitted error by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, on February 20, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the denial of Agadia Systems Inc.’s application for...more

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Rapunzel, Rapunzel Let Down Your Hair for Consumer Oppositions

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In the magical land of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a new chapter has been added to the trademark fairytale: consumers may have a real interest in preventing the exclusive appropriation of merely descriptive or...more

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Laudatory Terms – Super Trademarks or Not Worth the Trouble?

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Hello loyal TMCA readers – This is the first installment of what we hope to be an informative series of posts called Quirky Questions: TMCA Edition. Our labor and employment colleagues have a great blog, Quirky Questions,...more

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Trademark Review - Intelligent Quartz, Lakota, and Clorotek (January 2014)

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The District Court Finds the TTAB Erred in Refusing to Register INTELLIGENT QUARTZ for Watches - The USPTO refused an application by Timex to register the mark INTELLIGENT QUARTZ for watches on the basis that the mark...more

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