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Unlike the accelerated examination procedure, which can be extremely costly and thus limited in most cases to applicants with deep pockets, there are no extra USPTO fees for participating in this program. Thus, this program is truly available to all applicants.

Today, ICANN approved the launch of its new generic top level domain name (gTLD) plan.

A Letter of Protest (LOP) is an informal mechanism that a trademark owner may use to prevent another party from registering its mark at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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The federal IRS has guidelines it applies when examining this issue, and there are state agencies that apply their own differing standards.

Patent applicants will soon be able to "prioritize" their applications by paying an additional fee to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Of particular importance to employers, the holding reaffirms a best practice for employee complaints: Pay attention to all employee complaints, regardless whether they are oral or written.

"The Missoula public finance attorneys are also part of the larger 25 lawyer public finance team," Man Nan stated. "As a global practice group we have closed 350 deals in 2010 totaling $4.923 billion, and we are ranked 8th among other firms in the country for the number of deals completed, according to Thompson Reuters."