Jonathan Anderson

A Florida employer failed to correct hazardous conditions identified previously. An unrelated employer in Nebraska faces a $536,965 penalty for exposing workers to explosion, fall, and other hazards.

GRIP does not stand on its own as a service mark and consumers would be less likely to mentally parse GRIP as the sole source-indicating portion.

The DOL also announced a new lawsuit against New York City coffee shops alleging failure to pay overtime and reminded employers about worker protections during natural disasters.

The owner of the domain name offered to sell it to the Lamborghini automobile company for $75 million, which the court said was indirectly extortionate.

The fatality resulted after a foundation collapsed onto a Massachusetts worker. Unrelated employers in Texas, Alabama, and Georgia face $558,148 in combined proposed penalties for energy, caught-in, and other hazards.

The infractions resulted from practices such as paying straight-time rates, not paying minimum wages, and operating an illegal tip pool.

Citing systemic efforts to subvert the requirements for use in commerce of a mark to support registration, the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is

Purchasers must engage in a multistep analysis to arrive at the mark's meaning, rendering it suggestive, according to the Board.

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