For authors seeking to acquire trademark protection of their literary titles, navigating the application and prosecution with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) can be quite difficult. The essential purpose of a trademark is to serve as a source identifier for particular goods and/or services, giving notice to consumers that the goods and/or services are quality controlled by a specific supplier. The trademark must be unique, not immediately conveying the nat

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Traditionally, copyright litigation has been dominated by the music industry; primarily with record labels and artists combating the surge in illegally copying and distribution of their art spawned by the growth of the internet in the last 20 years and secondarily by artists' squabbles over who sang it first, a la Gaye v. Thicke & Williams. However in a recent turn of events, it seems that the $13 Billion a year adult entertainment industry is now dominating the docket with f