"Green" dominates US trademark requests

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Survey finds "green" was the most popular word featured in new trademark requests last year

Green brands led a huge increase in trademark applications to the US Patent and Trademark Office last year, underlining the extent to which environmental issues are dominating the thinking of many marketing...

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