by Francine Ward | Jan 16, 2025 | Trademarks
Trademark check. When it comes to protecting your trademark, the most important step in the process is to choose a trademark that can be protected. The selection of your mark is the crucial 1st step. If you get this wrong, you will be challenged and ultimately...
by Francine Ward | Jan 10, 2025 | Trademarks
Trademark Search. Trademark search. It’s important to understand the concept. The second most important step in the trademark process is clearance. Trademark clearance is another term for the trademark search. Regarding trademarks, you may sometimes even hear someone...
by Francine Ward | Dec 16, 2024 | Trademarks
Trademark distinctiveness is the benchmark by which we determine if a trademark is strong. Trademarks play a crucial role in the world of business, serving as distinctive identifiers for brands and their products or services. However, not all trademarks are created...
by Francine Ward | Nov 21, 2023 | Trademarks
How to Trademark a Name A trademark can be a word, phrase, design, logo, color, sound, or a combination of those things that identifies the source of a product or service. Surnames can be also used as trademarks, but only under certain circumstances. Primarily...
by Francine Ward | Aug 30, 2023 | Trademarks
Benefits of Trademark Registration. There are many benefits of trademark registration. The Lanham Act, the law governing trademarks in the United States, does not require that a trademark be registered. Therefore, as the owner of a trademark, you never need to...