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Alt Legal IP News – Issue #239
President Biden said last week that he supports waiving international patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines. Not surprisingly, Pfizer and BioNTech weighed in to say tha...
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Alt Legal IP News – Issue #232
How might a change in USPTO leadership affect drug prices? In response to allegations of mass fraud on the trademark register, the USPTO may start verifying identificatio...
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How to Respond to Section 2(e)(4) Surname Refusals: A Video Q&A with IP Attorney John Miranda
Surname refusals are on the rise with the USPTO. As a result of trademark clutter and depletion, trademark applicants are simply running out of eligible trademarks to cho...
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Alt Legal Webinar: Modernize Your Approach to Trademarks: Understanding the Trademark Modernization Act
Wondering how the Trademark Modernization Act will affect trademark prosecution and litigation for firms, startups, and businesses? Attorney and founder of Firm for the C...
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Restoration by Modernization: How the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 Supports Consumer Expectations and Promotes Access to Justice
Trademark Law is getting its groove back. On December 27, 2020, trademark law stepped into the modern era, finessing its 74-year-old body of laws into something for the b...
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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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