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US Patent & Trademark Office issued Examination Guide 1-22, Clarification of Examination Evidentiary Standard for Marks Refused as Generic, which amends PTO stance on appropriate evidentiary burden for examining attorneys refusing registration based on genericness.
The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) recently issued Examination Guide 1-22, Clarification of Examination Evidentiary Standard for Marks Refused as Generic (Guide 1-22), which amends...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently issued an Examination Guide clarifying the standard for refusing trademark applications on genericness grounds. Like other...
The USPTO has issued Examination Guide 1-22, "Clarification of Examination Evidentiary Standard for Marks Refused as Generic." [pdf here].
Applicant Harbor Hemp applied to register the mark HARBOR HEMP COMPANY in standard character and design form (below), for non-medicated skin preparations (Class 3)