Generally speaking, works published in the United States prior to 1923 are now in the public domain. This is because in 1998 (the year of the Sonny Bono Act/CTEA), works published before 1923 were already in the public domain before subsisting copyrights got a 20-year extension (extending existing copyrights from 75 to 95 years). See the math: 1998 (Year of Sonny Bono Act) […]
Client is Acme, Inc. Client # and matter # are: 3459201063.652 Contact info: J.M. McGill, Esquire, C.E.O. Acme, Inc. 4500 Biscayne Blvd. Suite NM09Q-SBN Miami, FL 33137
Assignment for Project 1: trademark knock-out search Trademark knock-out search: scoring criteria Contact information for client USPTO resources: Search applications and registrations at USPTO using TESS Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual USPTO Trademarks main page (many resources) Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) (manual used by Trademark examiners) Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) (to find file history […]
Scoring for each component will be done on a 4.0 scale. Below is brief explanation of what I look for in each category. Search strategy & documentation 25% Registrability 15% Protectability 5% Liability 30% Bottom line recommendation 5% Writing/organization 20% Total 100% Search strategy & documentation (25%). Is sufficient documentation provided to show the search strategy […]
