Lisa Ramsey on Nostr: Also if a company or individual applies to register phrases like “Thai Food Near ...
Also if a company or individual applies to register phrases like “Thai Food Near Me” for a Thai restaurant, for public policy reasons these words should be deemed merely informational matter that fails to function as a source-identifying trademark:
https://ilr.law.uiowa.edu/volume-104-articles-essays/5Published at
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