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How to Trademark Acronyms and Abbrevitions

UncategorizedBy CLG Attorneys November 27, 2019

To qualify for trademark protection, the acronym, abbreviations or initials must not be descriptive and consumers must not be able to recognize them as synonymous with a particular product.

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