by Admin | Nov 2, 2022 | Blog
We hope you had a fun Halloween and that your candy hangover isn’t too bad. We were posting Halloween-themed posts in October, and today’s post will be the last one addressing the mask from the Scream movies. As we explained in our post about trademark...
by Admin | Oct 26, 2022 | Blog
It’s almost Halloween, so we thought we would share an opinion from a case that involved the mask from the Scream movie franchise. It also involves a character named “Scary Terry,” but don’t worry, it’s not our own Terry Sanks. The...
by Admin | Sep 23, 2022 | Blog
September 23, 2022— Today is the first Friday of Fall. Pumpkin Spice has been in the air for weeks, and now it’s time to talk about something more serious: trade dress protection for candy! That’s right – the actual shape or configuration of your...
by Admin | Sep 6, 2022 | Firm News
August 30, 2022 – Congratulations to Terry Sanks for being selected by The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 for his work in the separate fields of Patent Law, Trademark Law, and Copyright Law! Even more exciting is that we can now announce that Mr. Sanks was named...
by Admin | Sep 6, 2022 | Blog
The USPTO might reject a trademark application for various reasons, including that it is “merely descriptive” or that it is “confusingly similar” to another registered or applied-for mark. In addition, a third party, such as a competitor,...