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Use It or Lose It: How to Acquire and Protect your Trademarks

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For example, the distinctive smell of Crayola Crayons is a registered scent mark, described as “a unique scent of pungent, aldehydic fragrance combined with the faint scent of hydrocarbon wax and an earthy clay”. Unregistered vs Registered Trademarks. To some extent trademarks can be protected without registration.

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Understanding Compulsory Licensing and Access to Essentials

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To Facilitate Governmental Use : The governmental use of a patent is regarded as based on ’eminent domain,’ which means that the government can acquire private property to make public use possible. Creation of Gray Markets : Creating a local chain of supply may lead to the creation of grey markets.

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