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Category Trademarks

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The Term GREEN Deemed Descriptive by U.S. Trademark Office – Florida Patent Lawyer Blog

Written by Mark Terry Last week, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the In re Calera Corp decision, which deemed the term GREEN to be merely descriptive of an environmentally friendly product or service.…

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Mar 7, 2010

Trademark Enforcement Trademark Law Trademark Prosecution Trademarks

Rebutting a presumption of abandonment of a trademark due to “non-use” – Florida Patent Lawyer Blog

Written by Mark Terry What constitutes abandoning a trademark, thereby opening the door for someone else to use it? How long can you cease use of a trademark without losing trademark rights? These are common questions I field regularly…

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Mar 6, 2010

Trademark Prosecution Trademarks

Abandonment-Based Trademark Cancellation Proceedings At the U.S. Trademark Office – Florida Patent Lawyer Blog

Written by Mark Terry Can you cancel an active U.S. Trademark Registration that has been abandoned? As a Trademark Attorney practicing in Miami, Florida, I’ve been asked this question more than once by a client wanting to clear the path…

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Mar 4, 2010

Trademarks

How to Successfully Defend a Merely Descriptive Rejection of a Trademark

Written by Mark Terry In an informative decision today, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) reversed a Trademark Examining Attorney’s merely descriptive rejection. The In re Fujarek case, which I prosecuted, illustrates how to successfully defend a mere descriptiveness rejection of a trademark at…

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Jan 20, 2008

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