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This is the fifth and final trademark case I will be discussing as part of my 2024 case law wrap-up. In Vidal v. Elster , the issues...

Today's post is about the fourth of five US trademark cases that I will be discussing as part of a Case Law wrap-up for 2024. Stay tuned...

The USPTO's authority to cancel a registered trademark is limited.

What is Fair Use in Trademark? Chanel v WGACA

Today's post is about the first of five US trademark cases that I will be discussing as part of a Case Law wrap-up for 2024. Stay tuned...

federal copyright registration provides enhanced protection

Yes and No. Or, as we lawyers are fond of saying...it depends. Let me explain. Trademark applications are deceptively simple. You might...

The Nice Classification (NCL), established by the Nice Agreement (1957), is an international classification of goods and services applied...

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Trade Secret! A trade secret is any information that confers economic benefit to the holder of the secret because the information is not...

A Trademark or Service Mark.⠀ A trademark is for goods (e.g., a product) and a service mark is for...you guessed it - services (e.g.,...

Copyright!⠀ A copyright protects an original creative expression that has been fixed in a tangible medium (think a photograph, a...

A Design Patent.⠀ Much like a utility patent, a design patent is a negative right that does not allow you to do anything. Rather, it...

A Utility Patent.⠀ A patent is a negative right. In other words, it does not allow you to do anything, but rather it allows you to stop...