Structured Settlements 4Real®Blog 2026
Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the latest structured settlements and settlement planning information and news, and provides expert opinion and highly regarded commentary. that is spicy, Informative, irreverent and effective for over 20 years.
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Allstate Insurance Company has been using the tag line ” You’re in Good Hands” or the “Good Hands People” for as long as I can remember. J.G. Wentworth using Allstate’s mark. What the heck is JG Wentworth doing?
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Two decades after a predecessor company failed to secure the trademark for “The Structured Settlements Company,” EPS Settlements Group faced a similar outcome. According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website, the filing was abandoned on August 10, 2009.
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The National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) has been offering the designation of Certified Structured Settlement Consultant for almost 15 years in conjunction with the University of Notre Dame. The NSSTA and the 550 or so members and designation holders use and have used the acronym "CSSC" to go along with such professional designation in…
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office denied the registration under Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(1); see TMEP §§1209.01(b), 1209.03 et seq., stating that the applied-for mark directly describes the nature of the applicant’s goods or services..
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EPS failed to obtain an allowance from the USPTO on simply “The Structured Settlements Company” due to the generic nature of the claim. It was furthrt anticipated that a large number of industry members would oppose the mark at the time it would have been published for opposition.