Merchant & Gould P.C.
Merchant & Gould P.C. is a MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA-based trademark practice with 23,520 USPTO filings on file, 11,059 of which are currently live. The firm has represented 6,550 distinct trademark owners — a mid-breadth client roster at roughly 3.6 marks per client. In TTAB practice, the firm has handled 7,006 proceedings, more often as plaintiff (5,050) than defendant (1,991). 317 attorneys have appeared at the firm — 32 focused on prosecution, 200 on TTAB matters, 40 working across both areas.
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What Coca-Cola's "Spricy" Trademark Actually Tells You — and What It Doesn't
Coca-Cola filed to trademark "Spricy." A data look at how the company really files, why most of these names quietly die, and the one detail that says this one might be a real product.
Taylor Swift Didn't Just Get Sued Over "The Life of a Showgirl" — the USPTO Already Refused It
What the public trademark record shows about the reverse-confusion fight — and why the most important fact was sitting in the file months before the lawsuit.
7-Eleven v. Nike: The Trademark Case That Isn't Really About Colors
What the USPTO and TTAB record shows about the Air Max 95 fight — and why the real question is striped trade dress, marketplace context, and Nike's own enforcement history.