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Manufacturing in China? Simple, proactive steps that you can take to protect your brand.

Outsourcing manufacturing to China can be a good strategy for reducing overhead. This is particularly true for low profit margin products. Most of us are aware of the country’s reputation for flooding the market with knock off products. We typically associate knock offs with large, well known, international brands. A Chinese individual registered the name of teen idol Justin Bieber. Another took the name and logo of the popular computer game Angry Birds. The Facebook trademark has been registered for...

Trademark Office Issues Decision to Cancel Registrations for REDSKINS Marks

By Kelly Weiner

After a long battle, the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a decision to cancel trademark registrations used in connection with the Washington Redskins football franchise (Pro-Football, Inc., doing business as The Washington Redskins) that consist in whole or in part of the term REDSKINS. DECISION HERE. The trademark office found that the registrations must be cancelled because they are disparaging to Native Americans. The request to cancel the trademarks was made by five individuals back in August 2006. ...