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 Lisa Velez | Oct 10, 2022 | Blog
October 10, 2022— [Ed. Note: Beusse Sanks Patent Agent/Attorney Lisa D. Velez explains the importance of responding to arguments that a USPTO Examiner might make but fail to fully support. The lazy patent agent might simply point out that the Examiner did not...
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 Lisa Velez | Sep 12, 2022 | Blog
September 12, 2022— [Ed. Note: Beusse Sanks Patent Agent/Attorney Lisa D. Velez walks us through some of the technical precision required when drafting a patent application and the inventor claims the *absence* of something as part of their invention (a...
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,...