It is a long held principle of trademark law that generic terms cannot be registered for protection with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This principle has been challenged time and time again and time and time again the principle has been...
Month: December 2019
Commerce Department Proposes Case-by-Case Approvals for Telecom Equipment Sales
Late last month, the Department of Commerce made good on its promise to propose regulations for telecom equipment sales. The impetus of the proposed regulations is an order signed by the President on May 15. In that order, the President alleged that foreign companies...
