Jonathan Anderson

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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The infractions resulted from practices such as failing to pay prevailing wage on federal contracts, not paying required overtime rates, and misclassifying employees as independent contractors.

An Illinois company allowed employees to work without legally required equipment. Separately, the DOL announced a new lawsuit alleging a Pennsylvania employer wrongfully terminated a worker who raised safety concerns.

The claims are barred by the statute of limitations, according to the court, which also denied plaintiffs' request to relate the second amended complaint back to the original complaint.

CLEARLY was the initial term and the only one not disclaimed in the marks, both of which are for banking services.

The report alleges various problems with the agency's attempts to address chronic employee harassment, discrimination, and abuse, as well as identifying multiple concerns about Gruenberg's behavior and treatment of staff.