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...
by Francine Ward | Jun 12, 2023 | Trademarks
What does a trademark protect? A protectable trademark protects strong marks. That process starts from the moment you consider a word, phrase, design, or name that you want to use as a trademark. And most definitely the process starts before the application is filed...
