PIE-brand Pie is the New CUPCAKE-brand Cupcake
Seattle pie maker Pie’s logo
And Seattle’s newest pie maker is Pie.
It stands to reason, then, that PIE-brand pie is the new CUPCAKE-brand cupcake.
Photo by STL
I am an attorney at the Seattle law firm of Atkins Intellectual Property, PLLC. I represent clients with trademark issues, including trademark registrations, and litigate in federal court and before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Outside the office, I taught trademark law at the University of Washington School of Law for nine years. I speak about trademark issues every chance I get.
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Seattle pie maker Pie’s logo
And Seattle’s newest pie maker is Pie.
It stands to reason, then, that PIE-brand pie is the new CUPCAKE-brand cupcake.
Photo by STL
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