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I. Adding Distinctive Terms or Logos to a Descriptive or Generic Term Will Not Protect the Descriptive or Generic Term. A descriptive trademark1 is one that immediately brings to mind a use, purpose, ...

Suppose you have a pending U.S. trademark application for your trademark on goods or services for your business and a term or wording in the trademark is descriptive of your goods or services. During ...

If an asserted unregistered trademark consists solely of descriptive terms, there is a greater onus on UDRP complainants to present concrete and convincing evidence of acquired ...

What is a descriptive name? a name, company trademark, or logo that vividly describes what a company does or the product and services a company renders to people. A descriptive name is common among ...

In an April 14 2016 decision a French court of first instance held that Auchan’s Community Trademarks SIMPLY and SIMPLY MARKET were descriptive terms and therefore invalid and rejected Auchan’s unfair ...