An example of a genericized trademark is the word Aspirin. Bayer used to own a trademark for Aspirin, but usage became so ...

A descriptive mark is a mark that directly describes ... Trademark rights can also be lost through improper licensing or assignment. Where the use of a trademark is licensed (for example, to a ...

Since Momofuku and its founder David Chang served cease and desist orders demanding small businesses stop using the terms ...

Momofuku’s trademark has been repeatedly criticized as “merely descriptive,” but one trademark ... History is littered with ...

An example of a mark ... in Roman and Arabic characters, descriptive words such as “Pure Indian tea” and the monogram ‘RL’. Upon examination, the trademark registrar requested disclaimers ...

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His appearance was unassuming, and yet with a striking simplicity: Unique with his trademark Grameen (which ... I frantically typed with fervent, descriptive, floral language and I was proud ...

A recent decision from Judge J. Paul Oetken of the Southern District of New York undertakes a detailed analysis of the ...

Meghan Markle has received a blow to the future of her lifestyle brand as the United States Patent and Trademark Office ... name is "primarily geographically descriptive." Meghan Markle in Germany ...

The judgment confirms that descriptive marks will provide only a limited monopoly, even where the allegedly infringing mark is very similar. Use of a registered trademark as a keyword through the ...