FAQ

LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION BETWEEN TRADEMARKS CAN DEPEND ON WHAT PART CONSUMERS FOCUS

One's ability to register a trademark can depend on whether the trademark to be registered creates a "likelihood of confusion" with a...

USING A GEOGRAPHICAL TERM IN YOUR TRADEMARK MAY PREVENT REGISTRATION

Business owners may find it useful to use in their trademark the city or state in which the business is located. The inclusion of a...

US PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO) CRITICIZES CHINA PATENT & TRADEMARK FILINGS

The USPTO recently criticized the manner in which the number of patent and trademark filings in China is influenced by the Chinese...

"GENERIC" TRADEMARKS MAY NOW BE EASIER TO OBTAIN FEDERAL TRADEMARK REGISTRATION

Trademarks are often categorized on a "distinctiveness" scale from generic, descriptive, suggestive, arbitrary, and to fanciful.

CAN I DISSOLVE AN LLC AND THEN TRADEMARK THE BUSINESS NAME?

QUESTION: Can I dissolve and LLC and then trademark the business name? My partner and I are dissolving our business/LLC by end of year....

MUST I CEASE USING MY BUSINESS NAME EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NEVER TRADEMARKED?

QUESTION: I have been doing business for years under a specific name that has never been trademarked. Now I am receiving communications...

IS TRADEMARK REGISTRATION NEEDED TO PROTECT A NAME?

QUESTION: Are you required to file a trademark to protect a name? If I start using a name for a product in commerce, does that give me...