This weekend is the Final Four® men’s NCAA college basketball championship. As with any big sporting event, lots of trademarks will be on...
Read More >>>Monthly Archives: March 2012
Trademark Scam Update: USPTO mailing new warning with Registrations; Director Kappos Comme...
Two very recent developments related to the trademark scam issue:...
Read More >>>United States Trademark Registration Office – still sending bogus solicitations
The USPTO recently sent “United States Trademark Registration Office” a...
Read More >>>What makes a Trademark Bully?
A lot has been written in the news lately about alleged trademark bullies. Reasonable people can disagree whether trademark bullying is a real...
Read More >>>Love it or leave it: Brown color from UPS
Brown can be a boring color. It is certainly not a snazzy or noticeable as...
Read More >>>A hodge-podge of non-traditional trademarks
The week, I have written about a variety of non-traditional trademarks: sound, makeup, costumes/uniforms, and...
Read More >>>Non-traditional trademarks: Makeup used by KISS band members
I am focusing all my posts this week on “non-traditional trademarks.” Sounds, shapes, colors, smells,...
Read More >>>What does a trademark sound like?
Sounds can function as trademarks. And in fact, at least a few dozen of them are registered trademarks with the USPTO. See below...
Read More >>>Non-traditional trademarks: Costumes and Uniforms
All this week I will feature posts on non-traditional trademark topics. Traditional trademarks are names,...
Read More >>>Anatomy of a 'Letter of Protest' to Trademark Application
An underutilized tool in the trademark process is the “Letter...
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