Use Caution When Threatening an IP Action in the U.K.

"Threatening" a potential infringer for acts performed in the UK will now be governed by a new Intellectual Property Unjustified Threats Act. The act took effect on October 1, 2017 and outlines "permitted communications" between potential adversaries in patent, trademark and designs.  It should be noted that the act will not apply to copyright infringements, assertions of passing off or trade secret actions. 

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Cheerios Loses Fight to Trademark Yellow Cereal Box

After two years of trying to secure the color yellow as a trademark, the TTAB has ruled that consumers do not necessarily associate a yellow box with Cheerios brand cereal.

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Number of Patents for Cannabis Grows

A recent Forbes article notes that nearly 1500 utility and plant patent applications have been filed since 1942.  Half of those applications were filed in the last 25 years and there are 500 active patent applications for cannabis related products.  The data shows that about half of these applications have been approved. 

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