Cabotage laws are laws that restrict foreign transportation services within a particular country in favor of domestic services. It is protectionism in its most primary sense and has been part of United States law since the...more
In a recent precedential decision concerning the rarely litigated or cited Section 2(b) of the Lanham Act, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board affirmed a refusal to register the service mark...more
As the fourth of July holiday and midterm elections approach, you may be seeing more of the American flag, and other variations on the red, white, and blue, in your day-to-day activities. As a visual cue of patriotism, it may...more
There is a little-known, even lesser-enforced, section of the United States Code that actually prohibits the printing of the American flag on paper napkins and other disposable products like paper plates, cups and boxes. The...more
The June 2018 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses the types of regulatory and other approvals that do not preclude the need for a trademark clearance, examines the relevant considerations in using...more