Trademark Denied: Appeals of Trademark Final Refusals **Attorney Advertising**
The hardest part of registering a trademark is usually coming up with a unique trademark in the first place. A trademark is a word or symbol that should distinguish your company, product, or service from all others. Once you have chosen a name to represent your brand, the next step is to register your trademark […]
Someone Is Using My Trademark…Now What? **Attorney Advertising **
There may come a time in your business when you discover that someone else is infringing upon your intellectual property, such as using your registered trademark. While the other party may indeed be in the wrong, enforcing your rights is solely up to you. If you believe that another person or business is infringing on […]
Domain Cybersquatting: What to Do If Someone Is Profiting from a Misspelled Version of Your URL **Attorney Advertising **
Domain cybersquatting has unfortunately become a high ROI activity for bad faith actors who seek to steal and siphon traffic that would otherwise go to a legitimate company. These domain cybersquatters spend their time and resources buying up slightly misspelled or similar variation of a company’s URL in order to trick and deceive customers into […]
USPTO is Seeing a Flood of Trademark Applications From China
Its has been reported recently that a large number of Chinese citizens or companies based in China are seeking trademarks in the US, flooding the US Patent and Trademark Office with applications. The Business Standard cites this surge is due to incentives the Chinese governments are providing to register trademarks in foreign countries and for Amazon brand registry. .. Having a trademark registered in the […]
Do I Need an Attorney to File for a Trademark or Copyright? **Attorney Advertising**
Blood, sweat, and tears went into the work you created, and now you’re ready to file for a trademark or copyright. After all, you want your intellectual property to have the protection a trademark or copyright can give it. And you may be wondering if you need an attorney to help you, or whether you […]
Memes and Trademarks: It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt **Attorney Advertising **
Memes come in the form of humorous videos, graphics, or texts that are then shared and spread rapidly by internet users. And we’ve all giggled at a meme or two, but the person who developed the image or content that’s being altered or made fun of in the meme probably finds this less humorous. They […]
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BASICS THAT EVERY BUSINESS OWNER NEEDS TO KNOW ***Attorney Advertising***
Intellectual Property (“IP”) is an intangible asset that most businesses create and own. IP consists of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets law. If you’re running a business or brand and failing to think of and treat your Intellectual Property as an asset (or if you’re not using it properly), you are wasting time and […]
3-D Printing, Copyright, and Trademark Law **Attorney Advertising **
3-D printers have come a long way, and now they’re small enough and affordable enough for individual artists to have their own. This gives the freedom to make two-dimensional computer-assisted drawings (CAD) into three-dimensional resin objects. The IP implications of this, however, are confusing and laws may need to catch up. So until intellectual property […]
Does a Registered Trademark Expire? ** Attorney Advertising **
Obtaining a trademark for your business name, tagline, or logo is not a “one and done” process. Over the years, you will need to renew your trademark and complete a number of maintenance steps in order to keep your trademark active and alive. In general, trademarks are valid for 10 years, but there are additional […]
Trademarking Mascots and Advertising Characters **Attorney Advertising**
What do Wendy’s, Pillsbury, Arm & Hammer, and Disney all have in common? They all have trademarked advertising characters. Sports teams’ mascots and advertising characters are all intangible things used to distinguish one brand from all others. Mascots and advertising characters, like names, logos, fonts, and even colors, can be protected by federal trademark and […]
