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USPTO Terminates Over 50,000 Trademark Applications And Registrations

In an August 2025 order, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it terminated more than 50,000 trademark applications and registrations associated with Shenzhen Chenhaiyun Tech. Co., Ltd. subsidiaries (collectively, "Seller Growth").

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Navigating Intellectual Property In The Age Of AI: What Businesses Need To Know

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into business operations - from automating workflows to generating creative content - companies must grapple with a complex web of intellectual property (IP) considerations.

United States IP

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Michael Best

Rethinking IP In The Age Of AI (Part Four): Using AI To Make Your Trademark

Artificial Intelligence (AI) – most notably generative AI like ChatGPT, Midjourney®, and Google's Veo 3 [require a mark?] text-to-video model – is rapidly reshaping industries, revolutionizing everything from content creation to complex problem-solving.

United States IP

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Calfee Halter & Griswold

Preserving A Business' Competitive Edge: A Practical Guide To IP Protection For Phoenix Entrepreneurs

Business owners often treat protecting their intellectual property (IP) in the way many treat a check-engine light appearing on the car dashboard – "that seems important, but it can wait." But that strategy can be costly.

United States IP

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Fennemore

Five Compliance Best Practices For … Customs Intellectual Property Rights

United States International

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Foley & Lardner

Trademark And Brand Protection In San Francisco: Legal Resources For Businesses

United States IP

Sideman & Bancroft

USPTO Clarifies Software-Based Inventions Eligibility Evaluation In New Memorandum

United States IP

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Lerner David

USTR Launches 2025 "Notorious Markets" Review – Comments Due 1 October 2025

United States IP

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Foley Hoag LLP

A Startup's Introduction To Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents, And Trade Secrets

United States IP

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Nyemaster Goode

How To Register Intellectual Property

United States IP

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Brooks Kushman

Prosecution Pointer 430

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Why Are Intellectual Property Laws Important?

United States IP

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Brooks Kushman

How To Tell The Difference Between Trademarks, Copyrights, & Patents

United States IP

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Brooks Kushman

Who Owns Intellectual Property?

United States IP

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Brooks Kushman

Trump Administration Passes The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

United States Tax

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Foley & Lardner

Citizenship Updates: Nationwide Injunctions Affecting Birthright Citizenship Limited And New DOJ Priorities To Denaturalize U.S. Citizens

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

[PODCAST] When Scammers Strike: How Mediation Can Help Resolve Consumer Fraud Claims

United States Litigation

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JAMS

ALERT: Key Tax Provisions Provided For In "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"

United States Employment

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Dilworth Paxson LLP

Summary - Tax Provisions In The One Big Beautiful Bill

United States Tax

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Hall Estill

Taylor Swift Is In Her Trademark Era

And, baby, that's trademark protection for you. This week's BL Business Branding entry explores how musical powerhouse Taylor Swift has built a robust intellectual property portfolio to shake...

United States IP

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Berenzweig Leonard

Injunction Covering The UK Highlights The Reach Of UPC's Long Arm

On 18 July, in what was a landmark ruling in European patent litigation, the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) granted a permanent injunction covering the UK...

United States IP

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J A Kemp LLP

Zooming In On AI: Tackling Deepfakes Around The World

Deepfakes (also known as digital replicas) are created when sophisticated AI technology generates or alters audio-visual content to misrepresent someone or something.

Worldwide Technology

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A&O Shearman

Amazon Strengthens Brand Protection For Trademark Owners: Key Updates In 2025

As trademark infringement and counterfeit sales continue to disrupt legitimate business on Amazon, Amazon has developed and expanded its intellectual property enforcement tools.

United States IP

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Three Point Shot

United States IP

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Hara v. Netflix, Inc.

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

WNBA's Angel Reese Files Trademark For "MEBOUNDS"

United States IP

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Klemchuk

Apple Inc And Apple Cinemas Caught In Blockbuster Trademark Battle

United States IP

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Berenzweig Leonard

TTAB Reverses Refusal Of C SHARPE Mark: Slash In Mark Does Not Prevent Specimen From Being A "Substantially Exact Representation" Of Drawing

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

E.D. Va. Confirms Cancellation Of General Cigar's COHIBA Marks Under Inter-American Convention

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Federal Circuit Confirms That Doll Collector (And Law Professor) Lacks Standing To Challenge Registration Of RAPUNZEL For Dolls

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Ivy Group Blocks Trademark Registration Of IV LEAGUE NURSE CONCIERGE, INC. For IV Therapy Services, Claiming Dilution Of The Famous IVY LEAGUE Marks

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Federal Circuit Upholds TTAB Decision To Refuse "US SPACE FORCE" Registration Based On False Suggestion Of Government Affiliation

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

What European Medtechs Should Know About The US Patent System

United States IP

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Federal Circuit Confirms That Doll Collector (And Law Professor) Lacks Standing To Challenge Registration Of RAPUNZEL For Dolls

In Curtin v. United Trademark Holdings, Inc., No. 2023-2050 (Fed. Cir. May 21, 2025), the Federal Circuit affirmed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's (TTAB) dismissal of Rebecca Curtin's...

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Ivy Group Blocks Trademark Registration Of IV LEAGUE NURSE CONCIERGE, INC. For IV Therapy Services, Claiming Dilution Of The Famous IVY LEAGUE Marks

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) sustained an opposition by the Ivy Group against the registration of IV LEAGUE NURSE CONCIERGE, INC. on the ground of dilution by blurring...

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Federal Circuit Upholds TTAB Decision To Refuse "US SPACE FORCE" Registration Based On False Suggestion Of Government Affiliation

The Federal Circuit affirmed a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ("TTAB") decision refusing to register the mark US SPACE FORCE under § 2(a) of the Lanham Act based on false suggestion of a connection...

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

What European Medtechs Should Know About The US Patent System

Five critical factors that can determine whether groundbreaking medtech innovations are protected in the US.

United States IP

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Federal Circuit Affirms Application Of The Foreign Equivalents Doctrine And Refusal Of "VETEMENTS" Trademark

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Getty Images vs. Stability AI: The UK Court Battle That Could Reshape AI And Copyright Law

One of the most significant legal battles in recent times kicked off last month in the UK High Court: Getty Images sued Stability AI, the company behind the image-generating tool Stable Diffusion.

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Trademark Law Alert - Excusable Nonuse Due To COVID-19 Prevented Cancellation Of A U.S. Trademark Registration Based On A Foreign Registration

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 affords an excusable nonuse defense against an attempt to cancel a U.S. trademark registration that is more than three years old for a mark never used in U.S. commerce.

United States IP

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

PTAB/USPTO Update - August 2025

On July 31, 2025, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Coke Morgan Stewart issued a memorandum indicating that the USPTO...

United States IP

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WilmerHale

Don't Bumble Your Trademarks: Keeping Your Startup Out Of Court

Startups move fast. Founders focus on product, pitch decks, and growth, but not always the legal infrastructure that quietly protects their brand. Skipping early trademark protections can land even...

United States IP

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Lloyd & Mousilli

Successful And Enforceable Brands Connect With The Consumer: Lessons From A Recent 10th Circuit Decision

United States IP

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Copyright, Patent, Or Trademark? Understanding The Key Differences In IP Protection

United States IP

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Miller Shah

Rose Comments On Mattel's Trademark Lawsuit Against Political Podcast

United States IP

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Pryor Cashman LLP

"Cookie Wars In Aisle Four: Mondelēz v. Aldi" By Deena R. Merlen

United States IP

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Reavis Page Jump LLP

Entresto Trade Dress Dispute: No Injunctive Relief For Novartis

United States IP

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Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider

Dubai Courts To Provide Legal Services Through The Dubai Hub In London

Worldwide Government

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Mayer Brown

Rethinking Legal Strategy For Startups And Scaling Companies

United States Commercial

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IR Global

CAFC Holds That Prosecution History Disclaimer Applies To Design Patents

United States IP

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Merchant & Gould

USPTO Shakes Up IPR Practice With Expanded Discretionary Denials

United States IP

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Patent Strategies In Response To Recent U.S. Developments: Expected Changes And Filing Strategies

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Stites & Harbison PLLC

Global Strategies For Expedited Patent Examination

United States IP

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Stites & Harbison PLLC

Federal Circuit: It's Not Easy Being Green For Colour Marks

United States IP

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Ladas & Parry

Ex Parte Reexaminations Poised To Make A Quiet Comeback: Discretionary Denial Guidance For Inter Partes Reexamination May Increase Ex Parte Reexaminations

United States IP

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Baker Botts LLP

25 FAQs On Manufacturing Overseas: Product Quality, IP, And Legal Risks

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Harris Sliwoski

Federal Circuit Holds Prosecution History Disclaimer Applicable To Design Patents

United States IP

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Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P

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Crowley Law LLC

Parameters At The EPO (Video)

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J A Kemp LLP

How To Navigate IP Issues In Robotics (Video)

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Foley Hoag LLP

Tarnishing One's Reputation: The Perplexity AI Case (Video)

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Lowenstein Sandler

Special Re-Release: A Very Merry Trademark Battle (Video)

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WilmerHale

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