Hacker News: s1dshttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=s1dsHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:51:57 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by s1ds in "Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org"]]>Have you read them? Both are in pending status and not registered. "Advanced Custom Fields" most recent update before a last minute extension to respond to final notice was for: "Merely Descriptive Refusal - Registration is refused because the applied-for mark merely describes the function of applicant’s goods and/or services."

So far even USPTO attorneys think it's a generic mark not worthy of being registered: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn98321164&docI...

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