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What are the 4 Types of Intellectual Property?
Intellectual Property (IP) is the umbrella term for four primary types of IP: patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. Practicing each type of IP requires specific knowledge and typically, IP attorneys will specialize in either “hard IP” (patent) or “soft IP” (trademark and copyri...
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I ♡ Trademarks Newsletter
I ♡ Trademarks Newsletter: Issue #307
Join the Culture Club How do you delicately tell a client that a mark they want to apply for is appropriating another culture and may be a PR disaster? Be sure to come t...
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5 Hispanic/Latinx Icons and How They’ve Protected Their Trademarks
The History of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month is celebrated in the United States from September 15th through October 15th and is inclusive ...
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I ♡ Trademarks Newsletter: Issue #306
Last (Office) Action Hero In case you missed our webinar last week about responding to §2(d) office actions, you can find the recording here. What’s going through...
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A PI’s Perspective: How to Conduct Reasonable Investigations for Expungement & Reexamination Proceedings
Since the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) was enacted in late December 2021, trademark practitioners have been eager to test out the two new ex parte procedures...
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I ♡ Trademarks Newsletter: Issue #305
Events on the Horizon The USPTO and CNIPA are hosting a webinar Thursday evening about trademarks in the U.S. and China. Likelihood of confusion refusals are among the t...
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I ♡ Trademarks Newsletter: Issue #304
Don’t Miss Your Connection! What are the nuances of applying for trade dress registration? Come to this Alt Legal Connect session to learn all about it. Cultural a...
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I ♡ Trademarks Newsletter: Issue #303
Artificial Intelligence AI can’t be a patent inventor, and it can’t own a copyright, but should the AI’s programmer be able to copyright the art? AI-pr...
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