i wrote a review of @DustinMarlan's fabulous article about that secret third thing: trademark law's tertium quid! i recommend his piece for all the tm, trade dress, & marketing nerds @IReadJotwell
https://t.co/b0oKOIQAnO..
Are advertisers attempting to market to us while we dream? This recent paper by @DustinMarlan says this is not science fiction, but rather a troubling new reality. Take a look at the nightmare of dream advertising :
https://t.co/JVD9medasl
USPTO makes it official: shortening the deadline for applicants to respond to trademark office actions in half. Meanwhile, USPTO average time to process new applications has tripled over the last 2 years.
And small businesses are more drastically impacted by both situations!!
IP friends: I have a student interested in taking the patent bar this summer but isn't sure about how to prepare. Can anyone recommend a test prep company (either in the Greater Boston area or online)?
Dustin Marlan frames the negative impact of the word "consumer", and shows how words like "purchaser" and "customer" are used in decisions over time using Historical Trends (https://t.co/rOe7EIKi5x) in "Is the Word 'Consumer' Biasing Trademark Law?": https://t.co/AWoHtQT31D
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