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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #244

  Bri Van Til  |  June 16, 2021 3 min read

  LexBlog founder Kevin O'Keefe asks whether free legal blogging training should be available to anyone who wants it and considers whether traditional legal publishers "too...

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• Failure to Function: Ornamental Refusals

  Jeffrey Turben  |  May 26, 2021 11 min read

  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

  Jeffrey Turben  |  May 26, 2021 10 min read

  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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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #236

  Bri Van Til  |  April 21, 2021 2 min read

  For years Cyprus has argued that halloumi is indicative of its culture, and now it finally passed the final curdle to get protected status. Is MALIBU geographically descr...

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• Restoration by Modernization: How the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 Supports Consumer Expectations and Promotes Access to Justice

  Rukayatu Tijani  |  February 04, 2021 11 min read

  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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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #223

  Bri Van Til  |  January 20, 2021 2 min read

  A court in China has said Amazon can't use its AWS (Amazon Web Services) logo. What good are letters of consent in China? Here's an overview of consent agreements in the ...

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