Dec 12, 2017 | Intellectual Property law, News
The four most common grounds for refusal of a trademark application include the likelihood of confusion, a mark that is merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive, and use of surnames. Each of these grounds can cause significant headache by forcing you to spend...
Sep 29, 2016 | Intellectual Property law, News
To download the article, “First Amendment v. Limits on Trademarks: On to the Supreme Court” click here In 2015, the Federal Circuit held that “the disparagement provision of [trademark law is] unconstitutional…. We recognize that invalidating...
Jul 6, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
By Sherrie M. Flynn To download this article, click here Since my astute colleague, Gary Shuster, posted helpful terminology related to patent “speak,” I thought it might be helpful to have asimilar glossary of terms for trademark terminology. Although...