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    {"title" :"U.S. Trademark Law","summary" : "United States trademark law is mainly governed by the Lanham Act.","date" : "2015-12-01T08:42:48-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"apiazza" : "Alycia Piazza"},"topics" : {
        
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