If trademark applications were Chinese food, the logo on the front of a shirt would be General Tso’s chicken.  It’s what “Piano Man” is to the bar crooner—a fan favorite, a crowd pleaser.  So it would make sense that familiarity with filing of trademarks would necessarily include familiarity with this particular process.  After all, you wouldn’t open a pizza restaurant without access to pepperoni.
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