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#BLACKLIVESMATTER: A Trademark or A Social Justice Movement

One of the many reasons the year 2020 will be memorable is for the social justice movements and demonstrations that have inspired a flood of new trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A recent...more

Kim K’s “Kimono” – A Snapshot of Cultural Appropriation

After receiving a wave of backlash against the decision to name her new shapewear line “Kimono” – as in the name for the traditional Japanese garment – Kim Kardashian has recently relented from adopting the term as a part of...more

Rapunzel, Rapunzel Let Down Your Hair for Consumer Oppositions

In the magical land of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a new chapter has been added to the trademark fairytale: consumers may have a real interest in preventing the exclusive appropriation of merely descriptive or...more

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