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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...
Shimokaji IP
Jul 12, 2021
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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...
Shimokaji IP
Jul 2, 2021
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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...
Shimokaji IP
Jan 21, 2021
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"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.
Shimokaji IP
Jul 1, 2020
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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....
Shimokaji IP
Apr 18, 2020
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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...
Shimokaji IP
Apr 18, 2020
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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...
Shimokaji IP
Apr 18, 2020
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