patent
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Patent and Trademark Office notified Nike of its decision with a letter of refusal earlier this week, citing “likelihood of confusion” with an already-registered mark by the Back9 Golf Apparel company.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The companies are preparing to go to trial before the Patent Office, which could make a decision as late as 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
The companies are scheduled to make their cases to the Patent Office over the next few months.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
Patent applications have been filed for the technology, listing Brantley Hall and Santiago Botasini as inventors.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026
Patent and Trademark Office database turns up more than seventeen thousand patents involving HeLa cells.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Vocabulary lists containing patent
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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