Trademarks are powerful marketing tools that can help a potential customer not only to recall the associated brand but also to affiliate the words of the trademark with that brand. You may want to trademark a phrase to control how…
Intellectual property law includes patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets and is an important consideration for any new business. This article will address trademarks and copyrights, but the law firm of TraskBritt can assist with any intellectual property law needs.…
What is a Service Mark?
Under US trademark law, a service mark is a type of trademark and is a form of intellectual property. Under Intellectual Property (IP) law, a service mark (or trademark) is a word, name, phrase, symbol,…
As you continue to use a particular name or brand name related to your products or services, you should consider filing for a federal trademark with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) to establish nationwide ownership of your…
Receiving a Notice of Publication for a trademark application sounds innocuous enough, but this notice carries important information that allows members of the public, for example, a competitor, that may seek to derail the registration of the applicant’s mark. Once…
Protecting your startup’s brand is an easy and effective task to check off of your startup to-do list. A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, design, color or scent that identifies a source of goods and/or services. Generally, a company…