Here is the recording of the November 2, 2011 webinar entitled “Common Trademark Application Problems.”

In this webinar we discuss the trademark application process, along with the types of potential refusals with examples. Discussed are issues of:

– Ownership
– Ornamentation
– Use in Commerce
– Consent of a living individual
– Likelihood of Confusion
– Descriptiveness
– Geographic refusals
– Flags or protected symbols
– Surname
– Deceptive
– Deceptively Misdescriptive
– Immoral or Scandalous

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Here are the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board cases discussed during the webinar.

Here are the slides.

Our next webinar will be on December 7, 2011 on the subject of “Online Works: Copyright Registration and Enforcement.” For more information, please visit http://blog.davismcgrath.com/webinars.