Trademark experts Cheryl Hodgson and Bill Finkelstein discuss whether a local business needs a trademark registration. As a country of small local shopkeepers, the US by tradition grants some…
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Brandjacking, or theft of domains is one of the fastest growing crimes on the Internet. Each week, nearly 3,500 domains are hijacked from rightful owners. If left unchecked, this…
.google is one of the first gTLD's to go live and among the first of hundreds to come. Are your trademarks registered with the Trademark Clearing House?…
re you a target? If you hold a trademark, the answer is yes. Trademark applicants and registrants are being targeted by scam solicitations seeking money for “watch” service…
President Obama attended the Clinton Global Initiative recently in New York (video), speaking to the audience on the troubling issue of human trafficking, a politically-correct word for modern day slavery.…
Apple reached into its deep pockets and pulled out a cool $60 million to pay bankrupt Chinese manufacturer Proview Holdings $60 million for the iPad trademark in China. It turns…
Here are a few words of advice: Search within in your industry to narrow the field in an effort to eliminate terms already in use, including terms which are overused and…
While the advent of online public filing is a huge convenience to the public and legal practitioners alike, there are potential hazards. An entire industry has emerged, calculated to confuse…
Several “do it yourself” or online consumer discount legal service sites advertise trademark filings for deeply discounted prices, plus the filing fees. However, when it comes to trademark filing services,…
A trademark is a word, symbol, slogan, or even a sound that identifies the source of goods or services in commerce. Nike, for example, and its iconic “swoosh” symbol are…