Obtaining trademark registration for color trademarks can be a complicated undertaking. In a recent precedential opinion, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in In re Forney Industries, Inc. weighed ...

Before Dyk, O’Malley, and Chen. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Multi-colored marks may be inherently distinctive when used on product packaging. Forney filed a Trademark ...

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“In most countries in Asia, any color-based trademark application will, for sure, at least at the first round, be rejected on the grounds of lacking distinctiveness.” With their creative minds, ...

In this guest post, Linda Harland asks: If I ruled the world (of trade marks at least), what would I put in place to help make procedures run more smoothly? Over the years, an attorney acting for ...