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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 issuesSome of the world’s best-known trademarks are not logos, slogans, or brand names. Homer Simpson’s famous “D’OH!” The three chimes that often accompany NBC’s l...
Read moreThis article was written by a USPTO Trademark Examiner in their personal capacity for publication on the Alt Legal blog. It was updated on December 10, 2023 to account fo...
Read moreThis webinar was recorded on August 5, 2021. In this webinar, John Miranda, a former USPTO trademark examiner and current attorney at Meister Seelig & Fein, guides yo...
Read moreBarclays has become the first major European bank to join the Open Invention Network. The future of 5G might be open source if Linux has anything to say about it. Is this...
Read moreEffectively searching TESS can help you knowledgeably advise clients and reduce the chances of receiving office actions citing likelihood of confusion. Join Alt Legal and...
Read moreRead all about how the Trademark Modernization Act will impact your practice, and don't forget to join us this Thursday to hear details of the TMA's most important provis...
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