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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 156

  Bri Van Til  |  September 17, 2019 2 min read

  Nintendo's recent patent suggests it might start making foldable JoyCon controllers for the Switch. Meanwhile, Razer Asia Pacific recently filed a patent application for ...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 155

  Bri Van Til  |  September 10, 2019 2 min read

  BMW recently patented a motorcycle electric supercharger to increase the fuel efficiency of the combustion engine....

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 154

  Bri Van Til  |  September 03, 2019 2 min read

  Basketball star LeBron James filed a trademark application for "Taco Tuesday" in classes related 9, 35, 38 and 41, all related to online media. Maybe he just wanted to gi...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #153

  Bri Van Til  |  August 27, 2019 < 1 min read

  The USPTO deflated Tom Brady's hopes of trademarking "Tom Terrific."...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #152

  Bri Van Til  |  August 21, 2019 2 min read

  The Ohio State University's application to trademark "THE" has sparked a heavy backlash, including from sports writer David Briggs, who denounced the move as arrogant....

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #151

  Bri Van Til  |  August 13, 2019 < 1 min read

  McDonald's lost its tradeMc battle with Supermac's in EUIPO court, which denied the chain the exclusive use of the prefix "Mc."...

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