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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Dec. 14, 2007

Trademarking California

Focus Column - By Michael J. Thomas and Matthew G. Massari - A new state law makes developments in federal copyright standards bellwethers of what will happen in California.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Michael J. Thomas
and Matthew G. Massari


      According to the California secretary of state, the Golden State has "the busiest state registration office in the country and has the largest number of [trademark] registrations of any state, consisting of over 80,000 active marks." Against this backdrop of robust trademark activity, the Legislature recently passed AB 1484, also known as the Model State Trademark L...

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