MarkIt to Market – July 2016

The July 2016 issue of Sterne Kessler’s Mark It to MarketTM newsletter discusses an upcoming SCOTUS design patent case, In One Nation Enterprises and stylization of a descriptive term, and currently open gTLD Sunrise Periods.

In this issue:

• The Design Patent Case of the Century
• The Distinctiveness Threshold for Stylization of Descriptive Marks
• gTLD Sunrise Periods Now Open

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