There are many benefits for a brand owner when they take the time to perform a comprehensive trademark search before filing a trademark application. Further, the benefits of trademark registration in the United States for anyone doing business in the U.S. are...
When trademarking your brand, it is vital to conduct a comprehensive trademark search to determine if the mark can be registered. Yet, as important as this step is, many folks avoid doing it. Why? One reason may be cost. The cost of investing in a trademark search is...
When you think of great trademarks, the ones known throughout the world, they will likely include the apple with the bite taken out of it and the golden arches. There are also older trademarks that have withstood the test of time, like the classic Pepsi trademark or...
USPTO - United States Patent and Trademark Office Many people are probably not aware that the United States Patent and Trademark Office is not funded by taxpayer money, rather, it is entirely funded by fees paid by patent and trademark holders. When more funds are...
Whether you write books, articles, web content, blogs, movies, shorts, screenplays, choreographic works, take pictures, or shoot videos—you should always be thinking how best to protect your copyrights, your business brand, and any creative content that you upload to...
What is the difference between a Trademark and a Copyright? While speaking at conferences and webinars a frequent legal question that continuously seems to come up is the difference between a trademark and copyright. And there is indeed a distinction between a...
Cause Confusion. Many people think that in order to be in violation of trademark law you have to copy a trademarked work exactly down to the tee. This, of course, is not true. Creating something that looks very similar to a trademarked work that can “cause confusion”...
Trademark Infringement. When people think of trademark lawsuits they usually don’t expect institutions of learning to be involved, but most colleges, universities, and private schools are in fact businesses and compete for tuition money with other schools, thus their...
So I have said it before, and I will continue to say it, "If you don’t use it, you will lose it.” That refers to many things, but in particular your registered trademark. IKEA. Statement of Use. Folks think once you secure a registration for your trademark, you are...