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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 moreI’m China Protect This The Chinese People’s Court has issued a report of cases from 2023 that may be taken as guidance for lower courts. The CNIPA has also r...
Read more See all issuesIntellectual Property (IP) is the umbrella term for four primary types of IP: patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. Practicing each type of IP requires spec...
Read moreThe USPTO is going after a Chinese law firm they say has "engag[ed] in unauthorized practice before the USPTO" and provided "false, fictitious, or fraudulent information ...
Read moreLexBlog 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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Read moreYesterday and today mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre. Here's a list of great reads about this awful event. John Marshall Law School is offering this fasci...
Read moreOne of the core tenets of trademark law is that trademarks must serve as a source indicator, distinguishing the goods and services from those of other sources. When a tra...
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