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Alt Legal IP News – Issue #221
If year-end retrospectives are your thing, here are The Fashion Law's favorite reads from 2020, the EFF's list of "bad takedowns" from 2020, and IP Watchdog's list of top...
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Checklist: How to Write Your 2021 Business Development Plan
In advance of our webinar on January 14, “Stop Marketing up the Wrong Tree: Make 2021 Your Best (Business Development) Year Ever!”, featuring business development exp...
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A Coordinated Effort: How to use the USPTO’s Coordinated Classes to perform better knock out searches
One topic that drew a lot of attention at Alt Legal Connect was coordinated classes, primarily because it was something most hadn’t heard of before! During an interview...
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Commencing Commerce: Meeting USPTO definitions of Use in Commerce
What exactly is use in commerce, and how does a trademark applicant establish it? This guide is intended to help trademark attorneys and professionals understand what con...
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Uncommon Knowledge: Priority and Common Law Trademark Rights
Common law trademark rights, while not nearly as powerful as a federally registered trademark, will confer certain rights and will carve out limitations should another ow...
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What’s Your Major Malfunction?: Breaking Down the USPTO’s Strange New Breed of Failure to Function Refusals
The past several years have seen significant developments in the practice and procedure of the USPTO's trademark examination corps. Between the U.S. counsel rule, stricte...
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