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Trademark Registration — Principal Register and Supplemental Register Compared
By Sharon Adams |
It often happens that a business chooses a descriptive trademark for its brand name or products. ...
Scandalous Words Can Be A Registered Trademark
By Sharon Adams |
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
By Sharon Adams |
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
By Sharon Adams |
FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTS DISPARAGING TRADEMARKS A few years back a rock band tried to trademark its ...
Trademark Marijuana Products?
By Sharon Adams |
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?
By Sharon Adams |
Design patents can be an effective method of protecting the look of a product or brand. ...
Patent a Recipe?
By Adams Law Office |
Recently there have been many inquires about patenting a recipe. Many of these inquires are related ...
Ten Million (10,000,000) Patents
By Sharon Adams |
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?
By Sharon Adams |
Emerging businesses generally take a close look at expenditures, and may view trademark registration as a ...
Cannabis Trademarks In California
By Sharon Adams |
California voters approved Proposition 64, legalizing recreational marijuana use, subject to certain restrictions. It is now ...