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• USPTO to Require Electronic Applications

  Alt Legal Team  |  August 08, 2019 < 1 min read

  The USPTO now requires all trademark applications to be submitted electronically through TEAS. This change not only means that the USPTO will not accept paper trademark a...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #150

  Bri Van Til  |  August 06, 2019 2 min read

  Ferrari threatened to sue a customer for trademark infringement for posting "distasteful" images that included the Ferrari brand....

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• Updates about USPTO’s Post Registration Proof of Use Audit Program

  Alt Legal Team  |  July 29, 2019 2 min read

  In response to a growing number of fraudulent trademark applications, the USPTO in 2012 established a pilot program to audit existing registrations. The audit found that ...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #148

  Bri Van Til  |  July 23, 2019 2 min read

  - Scotland's space technology industry is booming, with a 12-fold increase in published space tech patents since 1969.- Facebook was recently issued a patent to enable mo...

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• The USPTO will require Foreign Applicants to have US Attorneys

  Alt Legal Team  |  July 03, 2019 < 1 min read

  After first publishing a proposal to require foreign-domiciled applicants and registrants to use a U.S. licensed attorney in February, the USPTO has made the rule officia...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #145

  Justin Wickersham  |  July 02, 2019 2 min read

  Rise of the Robots- Who owns the copyright to a classical symphony when Artificial Intelligence completes an unfinished work?- A new tech tool from MIT can detect when im...

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