Trademarks

Here’s What Happened: Since August 2019, foreign domiciled trademark applicants and registrants must be represented by a qualified US licensed attorney. Qualified means the attorneys are active members in good standing of the highest court in a US state or jurisdiction. The reason for the rule is simple. Individual attorneys who are not licensed to […]

In Brief:   No federal protection for trademarks related to ingesting a banned substance. Here’s What Happened: National Concessions Group (NCG) filed two trademark applications to protect its brand name “Bakked” in connection with a product identified as “an essential oil dispenser, sold empty, for domestic use. The astute Examining Attorney refused registration of the Bakked […]

In Brief:  The USPTO refused to register “Assholes Live Forever” as a trademark.  Here’s What Happened: Kirill’s Big Brain, LLC operates the Linda Feingold website(https://www.lindafinegold.com/) which specializes in merchandise that displays such slogans as “Drug Money”, “All I Need is Sex, Booze & Weed” and “Walk of Shame Bag”. By far, its most prevalent merchandise […]