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Prosecuting Eco-Marks Part IV: Green Patent Blog Requests Reconsideration,...
In response to a final Office Action rejecting my GREEN PATENT BLOG trademark application, I recently filed a Request for Reconsideration in an attempt to keep the dream alive for GPB. After a final...
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Suntech Power Accuses Rival of Trademark Infringement, Asks Court to Nix Expo...
Suntech Power Holdings (“Suntech”) is a Chinese solar module provider specializing in building-integrated photovoltaics. Suntech owns U.S. Trademark Registration No. 3,111,705 (“’705 registration”)...
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San Francisco Homes to be Certified by GreenPoints Rating System
Build It Green, a Berkeley, California non-profit organization, will provide green building certification for new San Francisco residences. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom recently approved a...
View ArticleGreen Patent Blog Goes Carbon Neutral
In a previous post I wrote about CO2 Stats, a company that provides a carbon offset program for web sites. The program calculates the carbon emissions of its subscribers’ sites and purchases...
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Eco-Marks for Green Certified Meetings
Meeting Strategies Worldwide (MSW), a Portland, Oregon event management company, has launched a web site that helps meeting planners and conference organizers find green venues for their events (see...
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Prosecuting Eco-Marks Part V: Acquired Distinctiveness Wins the Day for GREEN...
In a previous post, I discussed the new argument and accompanying evidence of acquired distinctiveness that I raised in prosecuting the GREEN PATENT BLOG eco-mark application. Acquired distinctiveness...
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Prosecuting Eco-Marks Part VI: PTO Issues Certificate of Registration for...
Over the last eight months or so I’ve been blogging about the process of prosecuting an eco-mark application in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), using my own experience trying to get a...
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Voltaix Targets NanoVoltaix in Trademark Infringement Suit
Voltaix, LLC (Voltaix) is a New Jersey company that manufactures chemicals for the semiconductor and solar energy industries. Voltaix owns two U.S. Trademark Registrations, Nos. 2,954,404...
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Suntech Slowly Vanquishes an Eco-Mark Outlaw
In a previous post, I wrote about the trademark troubles of Suntech Power Holdings (“Suntech”), a Chinese solar photovolatic (PV) module provider, who has been fighting an infringing thorn in its side...
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Are Trump’s Trademarks Impeachable Intellectual Property?
Followers of this blog may have recognized through the years an implicit belief in a connection between the sometimes intricate rules of intellectual property and larger, high-level issues,...
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