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.
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Frank Stanton Professor of First Amendment Law, Harvard Law School
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