While it is possible for a device to be properly claimed in both utility and design applications, the two types of patents cover different types of subject …
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How are Donuts and Coffee Confusingly Similar under Section 2(d)?
A trademark is any device that is used in commerce to identify and distinguish their goods and to indicate the source of those goods. The Lanham Act protects …
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Lessons from the North Carolina Lottery – Merely Descriptive Refusals
Earlier this month the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that a trademark applied for by the North Carolina Lottery, a state agency that has been …
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