ip-legal clearance skill improvements

[anseljh]

This PR makes a few small improvements to the trademark clearance skill. Main changes:

• Adds context about trademark classes
• Trademark lingo tweaks (e.g., prefer "register" to "registry")
• Replace references to USPTO's retired TESS system

More feedback here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anseljh_trademark-activity-7460335624298971137-PtvF?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAFgNwB2iV_vrsS14-GPfSGwog7uqnT0P4

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[anseljh]

I see there's a new note about no per-skill references directories, so I can move the WIPO class file to conform to that, but please let me know if I misinterpreted that. I will convert it from PDF to Markdown while I'm at it.

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[tobinsouth]

Thanks for this — as the report in #29 came from you, this is clearly the right set of corrections, and we'd like to take it (we closed #40 in favour of this PR). Three things to get it over the line:

1. CLA — apologies, the CLA document link has been broken since launch (Missing CLA.md file #18); the file is being added in Add CLA.md referenced by CONTRIBUTING.md and the CLA Assistant workflow #72. Once that lands, signing is just posting the standard comment the bot asks for.
2. Nice Classification reference file — could you say a word on the source/licensing of the bundled class-headings list? If it's reproduced from WIPO's published list we likely need an attribution note in the file header; if it's your own summary, say so. Also happy for it to live at ip-legal/skills/clearance/references/ (per-skill references directories are the pattern we've been converging on) rather than the top-level references/.
3. Version bump — bump ip-legal's plugin.json (1.0.2 → 1.1.0 given the scope of the change).

Happy to handle 2 and 3 ourselves if you'd rather — just say so.

[anseljh]

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[anseljh]

Thanks, @tobinsouth. All 3 points should be addressed in my new commits.

2. Nice Classification reference file — could you say a word on the source/licensing of the bundled class-headings list? If it's reproduced from WIPO's published list we likely need an attribution note in the file header; if it's your own summary, say so. Also happy for it to live at ip-legal/skills/clearance/references/ (per-skill references directories are the pattern we've been converging on) rather than the top-level references/.

I sourced this from WIPO. I agree, it looks like an attribution would be necessary per the WIPO general TOU, which sets a default CC BY 4.0 license for what they publish. I added a license field with notes on this, but let me know if you'd like any edits.

Another alternative would be to re-source it from the US Code of Federal Regulations, which is either public domain under the government edicts doctrine or a fair use (see "Court Rules in Favor of Public Access to Information", https://www.arl.org/blog/court-rules-in-favor-of-public-access-to-information/, archived at https://perma.cc/QV9N-4BSN), but the CFR version lacks the explanatory notes, which are quite helpful in practice. My preference as a practitioner would be to include the notes from the WIPO version.

I hear you have some smart in-house counsel, so I'd recommend running this by them before merging, to make sure they're happy with everything. 😄

[anseljh]

hi @tobinsouth, giving this the gentlest of bumps. I don't think there was anything else needed from me to get this in, right? you'd just need to bump the version again for the next release. let me know if you need anything. thanks!