4 March 2016Trademarks

USPTO ‘asks examiners’ to suspend offensive trademarks

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has reportedly advised examiners to suspend trademark applications that are potentially offensive in light of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s In re Tam ruling.

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