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Alt Legal IP News – Issue #242
Yesterday and today mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre. Here's a list of great reads about this awful event. John Marshall Law School is offering this fasci...
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Top 5 Trademark Docketing System “Must Haves”
With so many different types of IP docketing software to choose from, it can be difficult to pick the best system for you and your organization. To help make the selectio...
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Alt Legal Webinar: See Your Practice through Rosé-Colored Glasses: Brand Protection for Wine Lawyers
The United States has over 10,000 wineries, and the number and overall production increases each year. Each offers its wines under a brand name, and often also with a “...
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Introduction to Failure to Function Refusals
One of the core tenets of trademark law is that trademarks must serve as a source indicator, distinguishing the goods and services from those of other sources. When a tra...
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Failure to Function: Ornamental Refusals
Ornamental refusals are on the rise—with the USPTO issuing upwards of 50 ornamental refusals on a single day. The refusal stems from the inherent nature of the mark its...
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Failure to Function – Informational Matters, Widely Used Messages, and Religious Text
If an applied-for mark mostly or exclusively conveys information about a product or service, the mark is considered merely informational matter and will be refused based ...
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