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24 November 2022AmericasStaff Writer

TTAB cuts down fruit breeder TM bid

Conflict with name of patents for grapes and cherries prompts denial | If permitted, mark would “impede free use in the marketplace of a varietal denomination” following the patent’s expiration.

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