SmithKline Geritol Protection Trademark May Indicate Herbal Line Expansion
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The Patent & Trademark Office publication of SmithKline Beecham's Geritol Protection trademark for vitamins, minerals and nutritional supplements may indicate the firm is planning to extend the brand, possibly with a line of herbals or herb/vitamin combination products. The new mark was published for third-party opposition in the June 29 PTO weekly Official Gazette.
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