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How to Register a Foreign Registered Trademark in the US Without Use (Section 44)

Patent Trademark Blog

Can you obtain a US registration for a foreign registered trademark? Many international trademark owners are familiar with the Madrid Protocol where you file your first trademark application in your home country. Afterwards, you file a Madrid application designating multiple foreign countries.

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How to Trademark in Metaverse: Is it possible to register trademarks for virtual goods?

Patent Trademark Blog

What may have been unimaginable years ago has become a genuine concern for trademark owners who care about the virtual world. Yes, you can register trademarks for virtual goods with the USPTO. How do you trademark in the metaverse? What are examples of virtual goods that can be trademarked? Be careful though.

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A New China Trademark Trojan Horse: Hold Registered Trademarks Ransom by the Filing of Bogus Non-Use Cancellations

IP Tech Blog

The recent draft amendment of the Chinese trademark law seems to finally zero in on trademark squatters, as described in my previous blog here ). The new regulations, if approved as drafted, will make it more difficult for squatters to steal others’ trademark by abusing the first-to-file system in force in China.

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Can Intellectual Property Rights Safeguard Your Blog?

Kashishipr

A blog is like any other creative work of literature manifested in a different form. Due to creative and original use of expressions, blogs are deemed to be counted as private property for which Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) can be sought. Copyright and Blogs. Therefore, it is always an option to copyright the entire blog.

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GM Innovation Week: Catch You at the Border: Registering Trademarks With U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Stop Infringing Imports

Greenspoon Marder LLP

Featuring: Sharon Urias, Partner and Justin McNaughton, Partner Our You, Me & IP series joins Innovation Week to discuss the considerations and issues businesses can encounter while registering trademarks to stop infringing imports. The post GM Innovation Week: Catch You at the Border: Registering Trademarks With U.S.

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The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: USPTO Suspends Applications Including Criticisms of Known Living Figures

The IP Law Blog

Supreme Court will hear the USPTO’s appeal of a Federal Circuit ruling that allows individuals to register trademarks using the name of a living person without their consent. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler discuss this on this episode of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel.

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A New China Trademark Trojan Horse: Hold Registered Trademarks Ransom by the Filing of Bogus Non-Use Cancellations

LexBlog IP

The recent draft amendment of the Chinese trademark law seems to finally zero in on trademark squatters, as described in my previous blog here ). The new regulations, if approved as drafted, will make it more difficult for squatters to steal others’ trademark by abusing the first-to-file system in force in China.