Category: Trademark Registration

What is a trademark audit?

What is a trademark audit? The USPTO has recently started a process to audit the maintenance or renewals of trademark registrations, called the Trademark Post…

What is acquired distinctiveness (secondary meaning)?

What is a trademark with acquired distinctiveness? Some trademarks are inherently distinctive from the start and others are not. Inherently distinctive marks generally include marks…

USPTO approval of ITU application before using trademark?

Trademark Office approval not required before using ITU mark There is no legal requirement to wait for USPTO approval of your Intent-To-Use application before you…

Trademark Mutilation and Phantom Marks: Say What?

When can the issues of trademark mutilation and phantom marks become a problem? Whenever there is a discrepancy between the mark drawn in the application…

How to Respond to a Partial Refusal Trademark Office Action

What is a partial refusal in a trademark Office Action? A trademark Office Action with a partial refusal can be a mix of good news…

Trademark application rejections: Reasons why and how to respond

Why do trademark applications get rejected? Most trademark applications are not approved on their first go-around according to USPTO trademark statistics. Only 34.4% of TEAS…

Prior-filed Application: How to Deal with Trademark Suspension

What is a prior-filed trademark application? A prior-filed application is someone else’s trademark application with an earlier filing date than yours. If the USPTO trademark…

What we need to file your trademark application

What information do you need to provide for us to file your trademark application? Since we get these questions all the time, we thought it…

Low Tech IP: Design patent and trademark protection

Design patent and trademark protection for low tech products So you’re not in the high tech industry. Is IP out of the question then? You…

Madrid Protocol or direct US trademark application: Which has lower costs and better benefits?

Madrid vs. US direct: Costs & non-monetary considerations International applicants seeking to register their trademark in the US have a couple of options. If the…

Madrid Trademark – US Office Action: How to respond – Section 66(a)

US Office Action in Madrid Protocol Trademark Application Madrid Protocol trademark applications that enter the US through Section 66(a) will often encounter several issues. There…

Trademark timing: When is the right time to trademark a product or company name?

When is the right time to file a trademark application? Trademarks differ from patents in terms of timing. Unlike patent deadlines, there is no strict…

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