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Trademark Opposition Proceedings Trademark Registration Descriptive Trademarks

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Can Trademarks Be Too Descriptive for Registration?

Suppose you want to register a trademark that identifies a source of goods/services for your business. What if the trademark describes an ingredient, quality, feature, function, characteristic, or purpose of your...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Client Alert: #FreeRapunzel: Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Loosens Standing Requirements

In denying a doll maker’s motion to dismiss a mom’s opposition to the registration of the trademark RAPUNZEL, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has relaxed the already liberal standard for what constitutes a “real...more

Akerman LLP - Marks, Works & Secrets

Rapunzel May Be Released From Trademark Monopoly Tower

Rapunzel potentially was released from the trademark monopoly tower, not by her hair, but by trademark opposer and law professor Rebecca Curtin....more

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