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Your source for news, updates and guidance on all things trademarks and intellectual property.
Your source for news, updates and guidance on all things trademarks and intellectual property.
The USPTO is replacing its decades-old search tool TESS (“Trademark Electronic Search System”) completely as of November 30, 2023 with its new search tool. This search tool is currently called “Trademark Search” and accessible online at: https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/sear...
Read moreLitigating Circumstances This case about Bank of America’s Erica virtual assistant underscores the significance of actual and demonstrable use in commerce. Go here...
Read more See all issuesThe short answer: it’s complicated. Setting a budget for docketing and comparing options can be difficult, as each service provider has different pricing models. This ...
Read moreA Rare Vintage Chanel is seeking a permanent injunction to prevent secondhand retailer What Goes Around Comes Around from using their trademarks. WGACA is asking a judg...
Read moreFake Me Out There is an artist on Spotify who has released over 2500 songs using over 650 different fake names. Collectively, his songs have a higher play count than doe...
Read moreThis article was originally published on August 19, 2022. It was republished with updates on April 8, 2024. Attorneys employ many different methods to organize their file...
Read moreConducting trademark clearance searches is both an art and a science, and it is a fundamental element of an overall trademark strategy. Not all searches are the same in s...
Read moreArtists How are artists using generative AI in their works? With the ELVIS Act, Tennessee has passed legislation to protect musicians’ voices from deepfakes. The a...
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