USPTO offices will be closed and events cancelled Wednesday, Dec. 5 in observance of a National Day of Mourning in memory of our country’s 41st president, George Herbert Walker Bush. Read President Trump’s proclamation: https://t.co/L4Y09nXd4N
A UN agency has reported that China accounted for more than 40 percent of world patent filings last year. The country has been at the head of the world rankings for 7 straight years.
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“Jewelry ice” that drifts ashore on the Otsu coast in Toyokoro-cho, Tokachi district during the winter has been registered as a trademark.
A trademark dispute between two drone racing businesses will go forward because there’s a thin but plausible claim of customer confusion, a federal judge ruled Nov. 26.Both the Drone Racing League Inc., and DR1 LLC are “similarly engaged in the business of conducting and promoting drone races,” the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said. DRL says DR1’s logo is too similar to its own registered trademark and has caused actual marketplace confusion.
“Miyagi Salmon” is a premium brand of raw coho salmon that is fed rice produced in Miyagi Prefecture and is treated to maintain freshness when landed, using techniques called “ikejime” and “shinkeijime.” In May last year, it was registered as the first Miyagi Prefecture product under the national Geographical Indication Protection System (GI), which protects local agricultural, forestry and fishery products as brands.