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Trademark Registration — Principal Register and Supplemental Register Compared

It often happens that a business chooses a descriptive trademark for its brand name or products. ...

Scandalous Words Can Be A Registered Trademark

Three In a Row for First Amendment Protection of Trademarks Trademark law prohibits registration of a scandalous or ...

First Amendment Protects Trademarks That Inspire Fear

Mongols Nation Motorcycle Club Keeps Its Trademark The First Amendment may not come to mind when ...

It’s a Fine Line Between Hate and Love – U.S. Supreme Court on Trademarks

FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTS DISPARAGING TRADEMARKS A few years back a rock band tried to trademark its ...

Trademark Marijuana Products?

Products that are used to smoke marijuana received U.S. federal trademark registration in November 2018. Yet ...

Nikola vs. Tesla – Design Patent Litigation – What Would Nikola Tesla Think?

Design patents can be an effective method of protecting the look of a product or brand. ...

Patent a Recipe?

Recently there have been many inquires about patenting a recipe. Many of these inquires are related ...

Ten Million (10,000,000) Patents

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) anticipates that utility patent number 10,000,000 will issue sometime ...

Someone Is Using Your Brand Name! What Can Be Done?

Emerging businesses generally take a close look at expenditures, and may view trademark registration as a ...

Cannabis Trademarks In California

California voters approved Proposition 64, legalizing recreational marijuana use, subject to certain restrictions. It is now ...