A letter of protest is one of the several ways that an outside party can affect a trademark application filed by someone else. Trademark applications undergo an examination or prosecution process that is primarily “ex parte,” which means one-sided or…
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article “What is a Trademark?” This week, I discuss service marks. Service marks are incredibly simple to understand. A service mark is exactly the same as a trademark, but it is for services,…
I have written a lot of blog posts over the last 15 years or so. A lot of these posts are on very specific issues that come up infrequently. Quite a few of them are on obscure topics. But I…
An intent-to-use trademark application is an application that claims a company has an intent to use a trademark on products or services before it actually has launched those products or services. Trademarks are valuable assets for businesses. They protect brand…
Certification trademarks play a vital role in today’s competitive market, helping consumers make informed choices and businesses establish trust and credibility. Here, I delve into the world of certification trademarks, exploring what they are, how they work, what their significance…
The Trademark Office just issued a warning this week about a new trademark scam. Trademark scams are nothing new; trademark owners have for years received mailings that appear to be from the Trademark Office but are from scam companies instead…
Sometimes clients are confused about how to sign a trademark filing like a trademark application or response to a non-final or final office action. When we prepare a trademark application, we send it to the client for review and electronic…
When a trademark owner dies, there can be uncertainty in who owns the trademark or whether the trademark is even still valid and subsisting. There is always an owner of a trademark, usually a company but sometimes an individual. No…
In the past year, I have dealt with one issue more times than I have in the previous ten years of practice: correcting or changing the applicant name in a trademark application during prosecution. Apparently trademark applicants are mis-identifying themselves…
In honor of the Rubik’s Cube craze that has recently hit the Galvani household, we decided to take a closer look at how this iconic toy was created and what type of intellectual property protection it has enjoyed over the…