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From the outside, the process of federal trademark registration in the U.S. appears to be a relatively straightforward one. You create a product or service. Give it a name. Decide that you need to protect that name. Run some clearance searches. Discover that your name is not quit…

USPTO’s 2018-2022 Strategic Plan (the Plan) sets out some ambitious policies for this four year period. These include:

In the late nineteenth century the word ‘semantics’ alluded to ‘semiotics’, which is a seventeenth century philosophical theory that covers the connection between signs and sign-using behavior. Today, semantics are mostly encountered when talking of words and the intended meaning…

Obtaining a clear idea of how much it will cost to register a trademark in the US (or anywhere for that matter) is difficult because the answer will always be...it depends. Specifically it depends on how many classes you wish to register across, if it is based on use or intended …

Today is Halloween, and all over the globe, houses will be decorated and children will celebrate by going trick or treating and eating ‘dead-man’s fingers’, and spider cakes. For anyone interested in a little trivia: Halloween derives from the pagan festival Samhain.  

Saturday, 2 November sees the final match of the Rugby World Cup 2019. Regardless of who makes it to the end game, thousands of fans around the world have enjoyed a spectacular event, hosted brilliantly by Japan.

On 21 September 2019, over six million people descended on Munich to attend Oktoberfest, the world’s largest Volksfest (beer festival and travelling funfair). Oktoberfest is also known as Wiesn, the common name for fairgrounds. Part of Bavarian culture since 1810, Oktoberfest is …

The scale of counterfeit medicines shocks even the most experienced border and law enforcement professionals.  

China does everything on a grand scale and the size and strength of its biggest companies are no exception. Three out of the ten top companies in the world are Chinese (the USA and UK hold two each). China also has two of the world’s largest airlines (China Southern Airlines and …

“It doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black, as long as it catches mice” - Deng Xiaoping