Aug. 16, 2017
2:34 p.m.
A data point for the group: Amazon's recently clarified guidelines for its brand protection program require a registered text-only mark; stylized or design + word marks don't qualify. This reinforces the point that a prophylactic measure online, which deals with text-based searches, should focus on text in the marks selected for extra protection. http://www.cll.com/newsroom-news-172324 Rebecca Tushnet Frank Stanton Professor of First Amendment Law, Harvard Law School 703 593 6759