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December 11, 2018
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CAFC Confirms That Surnames May Be Registered as Trademarks If They Acquired Distinctiveness
Fed. Cir. 2017-1468 – The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit confirms that surname may be registered as trademark as it acquired distinctiveness.
