Kyle Jahner, Bloomberg Law; DNA Phrase Too Descriptive for Registered Trademark, TTAB Says
"A biotech company lost its bid to register a trademark for a patented
DNA technique it invented, after a Patent and Trademark tribunal said
the phrase “Sequencing by Binding” was too descriptive to register.
The Jan. 6 precedential decision illustrates that multi-word trademarks, even if coined by an applicant, can still fall short of the requirements for trademark registration."
Issues and developments related to IP, AI, and OM, examined in the IP and tech ethics graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology", coming in Summer 2025, includes major chapters on IP, AI, OM, and other emerging technologies (IoT, drones, robots, autonomous vehicles, VR/AR). Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
DNA Phrase Too Descriptive for Registered Trademark, TTAB Says; Bloomberg Law, January 6, 2020
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