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Family Therapy Training Institute of Miami
 
Helping at-risk children and
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Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT)
Family Effectiveness Training (FET)
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Last Updated on:: 01 / 30 / 2012
Are the terms “Brief Strategic Family Therapy” and “BSFT” valid trademarks owned exclusively by one party? Does this restrict the use of these terms by other individuals? Print E-mail

No. Placing trademark symbols or ® next to generic terms does not somehow make them subject to protection.  “Brief Strategic Family Therapy” and its acronym “BSFT” are generic terms.  

 

Prior attempts to register “Brief Strategic Family Therapy” for trademark protection have failed miserably, and ultimately doomed the terms to the “supplemental register” of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO).  The supplemental register is reserved especially for terms that are unsuitable for registration on the principal register.  Regardless, even though a generic term may be registered by the USPTO, if it is later found generic, it is ordered stricken from the USPTO registers.