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Can you squeeze blood from a turnip? At least one debt collector thinks so |
The Lanham Act, which codifies US trade mark law, sets forth the various reasons why a mark will not be accepted for trade mark protection, including a mark which "consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive, or scandalous matter."
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Mott's For Tots but not yet for babies |
The Kitchen Cat here and here
Merpel does not suggest putting the words Cook and Cat together in a single search query...
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Cook has an ordinary dictionary meaning as well as a surname significance. So is it primarily merely a surname? Maybe the PTO examining attorney thought not.
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