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Federal Circuit on TM Law’s Information Matter Doctrine

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit has just reissued this important trademark decision as precedential. I previously wrote about the case here: Crouch, Failures to Function and Likelihood of Confusion: Takeaways from Two Recent Federal Circuit Trademark Decisions, Patently-O (November 17, 2023). See, TMEP § 1202.04(b)

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At USPTO's Request, CAFC Re-designates as Precedential Its EVERYBODY VS RACISM Failure-to-Function Affirmance

The TTABlog

14, 2023, re-designated as precedential, January 22, 2024). The CAFC observed that "[i]f the nature of a proposed mark would not be perceived by consumers as identifying the source of a good or service, it is not registrable," citing TMEP § 1202.04(b) The TMEP is not the law - ed. ]. 2022-1961 (Fed.

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