19 May 2021TrademarksAlex Baldwin

USPTO proposes changes to solve TM ‘cluttering’

Proposals by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to amend the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 in a bid to improve the integrity of the trademark register have been criticised by lawyers.

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