In July, McDonald's filed for
a federal trademark registration for the term «McBrunch,» industry blog BurgerBusiness reported on Wednesday.
Not exact matches
Plenty of places will explain how to file
for a patent or a
trademark registration, and it's true that a
federal registration can help enforce your company's rights.
Subsequent to
federal registration of SMOKEY CHIPOTLE ®, numerous entities (currently over 135 notifications since 1995), have been contacted requesting immediate resolution to their infringement and to terminate inappropriate usage of our
trademark; including Chuck Evans request
for minimal consideration in exchange
for a settlement concession allowing
for depletion of the infringer's existing inventory, pre-printed labels and packaging.
Registering a
trademark, however, grants you several exclusive rights, including nationwide
trademark rights, access to
federal courts
for litigation, constructive use and notice (meaning others can not feign ignorance of your
trademark), and it may become uncontestable after five years of unopposed
registration.
He has prepared many briefs to the United States Courts of Appeals, including to the Sixth Circuit in a contracts / agricultural law case, to the
Federal Circuit in a gray market case, and many matters to the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, involving claims
for allowance / rejection of
registration of
trademarks.
For some, this added name protection justifies registration of a federal corporation over a provincial corporation, however, as will be discussed below, if name protection is important, it is generally better to apply for a registered tradema
For some, this added name protection justifies
registration of a
federal corporation over a provincial corporation, however, as will be discussed below, if name protection is important, it is generally better to apply
for a registered tradema
for a registered
trademark.
Management and Enforcement (protecting copyright and trade - marks, enforcing intellectual property rights, preparing and drafting applications
for copyright and
trademark registrations, copyright and
trademark searches and legal opinions, litigating, overseeing and managing copyright intellectual property infringement matters in
Federal Court)
For example, most
trademarks in today's marketplace should have a
federal registration.
Once you have the answers to these questions, visit with an intellectual property attorney to determine whether a
federal trademark registration would be right
for your company.