Taco Bell’s recent efforts to liberate the phrase “Taco Tuesday” presents an opportunity to review the distinctions between marks that are generic and those that fail to function as a.
It’s 9 a.m. on a Tuesday and you think to yourself . . . what are we having for dinner tonight? And then it hits you – it’s Tuesday . . . Taco Tuesday! Think twice.
It's always fun when the USPTO demonstrates its internal multiple personality disorder on intellectual property concerns. That's probably a tad harsh; after all, the USPTO is made up of people, and different people will view similar situations differently. Unfortunately, part of what the USPTO is supposed to uphold and set are standards for intellectual property…