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Intellectual Property Protection Color Marks Trade Dress

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Gloves Off: Court Says No to Green Trademark Protection

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the test for determining whether a word mark is generic also applies to color marks....more

Irwin IP LLP

Hips Don’t Lie (About Their Allegedly Optimal Color). 

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CeramTec v. Coorstek Bioceramics, Case No. 2023-1502 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 3, 2025) - Colors are generally permitted as source identifiers for trademarks or trade dress because they are typically perceived as an ornamental...more

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MarkIt to Market® - January 2022: Very Peri – Pantone’s New Hue for 2022!

Last month, the Pantone Color Institute extended its influence on consumer tastes and designs by naming “Very Peri” as its Color of the Year for 2022. Rather than selecting a color from its existing and extensive palette, the...more

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MarkIt to Market® - January 2022

Happy New Year! We’re excited to share the January 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter in a newly updated format. This month’s articles discuss the Pantone Color Institute's 2022 Color of the Year –...more

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Cheerios Yellow Box Rejected For Trademark Registration

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In a precedential decision on August 22 2017, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in In re General Mills IP Holdings II, LLC (Serial 86757390) held that the applicant did not provide sufficient evidence to support the...more

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