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Lanham Act Vacated Trademark Registration

McDermott Will & Schulte

When is a word too common to trademark? Asking for a four-letter friend

In response to artist and entrepreneur Erik Brunetti’s ongoing efforts to register FUCK as a trademark for various goods and services, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated the Trademark Trial & Appeal...more

Knobbe Martens

Not Clear Enough: The TTAB’s Standard for the Registrability of All-Purpose Word Marks Lacked Clarity

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IN RE: ERIK BRUNETTI - Before Lourie, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) refusing to register a...more

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