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USPTO’s Cert Petition Argues Constitutionality of Lanham Act’s Living Individual Restriction

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By: Michelle Emeterio and David Barker USPTO Director Kathi Vidal recently petitioned the Supreme Court to review a Federal Circuit decision in In re Elster. There, the Federal Circuit held the USPTO unconstitutionally applied Lanham Act Section 2(c) (15 U.S.C. §