July 2011 Trademark Lunch
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Topics covered in this month’s Trademark Group presentation include: • US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is now emailing acceptance of 8 & 15 declarations, • a proposed rule to permit the USPTO to require more than one specimen for declarations of use, • .XXX domain names, • a review of the case concerning John Dillinger’s right of publicity, • a case concerning the MUSCLE MAIZE trademark is descriptive, and • a case concerning word reversal in trademarks.
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