Over the past 25 years of practice, founding attorney William Barth has assisted numerous clients
with trademark registration and related business law matters.
Now,
with this trademark registration for «Nook Kids», you have to imagine there's a high chance we're about to see the first eReader made for kids.
Not exact matches
State
trademark registration is simple, fairly quick and inexpensive, but it only protects your
trademark in your state — so someone
with a federal patent still gets first dibs on it.
However, national
registration expands and protects your
trademark rights, giving your company a presumption of first use of the mark in association
with particular goods or services.
Trademark rights arise upon use in commerce —
with or without national
registration — of the name of the good or service.
Examples mentioned included the company's programs for spotting and taking down counterfeit - product listings from its online shopping sites, initiatives to simplify the
trademark -
registration process, reductions in the time it takes to remove counterfeit products, closer partnerships
with global law enforcement authorities and governments, and the imposition of a variety of penalties against offending merchants, among others.
In December 2007, the
Trademark Trial and Appeals Board dismissed
with prejudice, the Petition for Cancellation of Smokey Chipotle where Kraft Foods conspired
with Urban Accents, Inc. (listed below) in a failed challenge by alleging Smokey Chipotle is a generic phrase for a chile chipotle (a variety of processed chile, i.e., a spice); heretofore the word «chipotle» was already disclaimed as a condition of
registration at the U.S.
Trademark office in 1995.
On August 28, 2008, the USPTO dismissed
with prejudice, and terminated Kraft's opposition to publication of Chuck's new Smokin» Chipotle ®
trademark registration.
Subsequently, a 1920 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana decision confirmed that the McIlhenney Company was the exclusive lawful user of the TABASCOtrademark where the McIlhenny Company was the single source of the product, and therefore, the
trademark had acquired secondary meaning as a result of the publics association of Tabasco
with the McIlhenny Company and entitled to
registration under the 1905 Act.
Harjo, along
with six other Native Americans, filed a petition
with the Patent and
Trademark Office in 1992 asking to revoke the team's six federal trademark registrations because Washington's team name disparages Native A
Trademark Office in 1992 asking to revoke the team's six federal
trademark registrations because Washington's team name disparages Native A
trademark registrations because Washington's team name disparages Native Americans.
«Cricket Australia registered the
trademark in conjunction
with Phillip's management purely as a defensive
registration to prevent others trying to exploit Phillip's memory,» a CA spokesman told The West Australian.
Is Faleena asking authors
with previously published titles to change their titles, or only authors who publish titles
with «cocky» after her
Trademark registration date.
The current
registrations of these
trademarks in the United States and foreign countries are effective for varying periods of time and may be renewed periodically, provided that we, as the registered owner, or our licensees where applicable, comply
with all applicable renewal requirements including, where necessary, the continued use of the
trademarks in connection
with similar goods.
According to a
registration with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, on January 13th Microsoft filed for a trademark for old time Xbox exclusive «Phantom Dust» the mark is filed under Class 9, identifying game software, as well as Class 41, online game
Trademark Office, on January 13th Microsoft filed for a
trademark for old time Xbox exclusive «Phantom Dust» the mark is filed under Class 9, identifying game software, as well as Class 41, online game
trademark for old time Xbox exclusive «Phantom Dust» the mark is filed under Class 9, identifying game software, as well as Class 41, online game software.
Apparently, our favorite Xbox 360 creators do, too, since Vox Populi has discovered a mysterious
trademark registration for «Tinker» by Microsoft - citing intention for use in relation
with «game software for use on computers.»
I also learned a lot about
trademark registration and renewal, dealing directly
with American Rivers registered service marks and
trademarks.
With a quick Google search you can find sites that offer wills, leases, articles of incorporation and other corporate documents, pleadings, criminal pardons, and
trademark registrations, just to name a few.
Brett Trout of Blawg IT finds Subway's arguments unpersuasive, and writes that «federal
trademark law prohibits federal
trademark registrations on words which, when used in connection
with the goods, are merely descriptive.
So the issue comes up — if you are a software vendor and you registered your
trademark with software claimed as a good (but not as a service) then is your
trademark registration subject to challenge?
One of the usual mistakes that clients make is that they confuse the rights acquired through domain name
registrations with trademark rights.
• Represented clients successfully in overcoming objections to copyright and
trademark registrations with the United States Patent & Trademar
trademark registrations with the United States Patent &
TrademarkTrademark Office.
While
trademark registration processes can be lengthy and costly there are many ways in which we try and minimise time and cost by making use of various international
registration processes and having agreed, streamlined working procedures, particularly when working
with overseas attorneys.
Before the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, successfully opposed
registration of a mark for beverages on summary judgment based on priority and likely confusion
with client's identical mark for yogurt products.
The «wrinkle»
with this is that the
trademark owner must pay the USPTO a $ 375 «application fee» to even start the
registration process.
Its counterclaim against EDS asserts that it is the «victim of
trademark bullying» and that «EDS is wielding its purported
trademark registration in an effort to stifle a small competitor from using generic verbiage in connection
with the promotion of its goods and services.»
For a registered
trademark, you will also need to file periodic applications for renewal (between the ninth and 10th years after
registration or renewal) and declarations of use or excusable non-use (starting between the fifth and sixth years after
registration and then
with every renewal application).
The USPTO is more likely to grant a
trademark registration for similar
trademarks if they are in separate industries and unlikely to compete
with one another, but even then, the
trademarks can't look too much alike.
In addition,
registration qualifies you to use the symbol R
with your mark to notify the public that you are using a registered
trademark.
He also handles
registration and prosecution of client
trademarks before the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) and has experience
with matters before the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).
We work
with clients at any stage of the
trademark application or
registration process.
For example, the European Union allows for the
registration of a Community
Trademark with the Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market.
She also works closely
with clients in formulating their domestic and international
trademark protection and
registration strategies.
Article 22 (4) Brussels I awards exclusive jurisdiction in proceedings concerned
with the
registration or validity of registered intellectual property rights (patents,
trademarks etc.) to the courts of the Member State of
registration.
Successfully represented Electric Fuel in connection
with a
trademark opposition proceeding pending before the OHIM relating to Electric Fuel's CTM
registration for ELECTRIC FUEL.
Trademarks provide rights to the exclusive use of the mark as a representation of the company or individual
with prior
registration.
The firm has negotiated distribution and manufacturer agreements
with foreign companies and has helped to secure
trademark registrations in most countries.
Early
registration may also help to avoid
trademark «trolls» who register
with the goal of extorting the original brand owner.
When we say what the cost will be, and then come back to the client
with a completed
trademark registration and a bill for the same price, clients are actually surprised and pleased.
«The term «Legal Hackers» is currently pending
trademark registration with the USPTO [by Legal Hackers, LLC].»
The
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) disagreed
with her and canceled her
registration.
ABS RM Company Services Limited offers business information and
registration services, including: (i) UK and international company
registrations (including the US), (ii) access to corporate reports and credit checks on over 200 million companies in more than 220 countries and access to worldwide company documents from over 1000 registries, (iii) worldwide
trademark search and
registration together
with brand protection and advice, (iv) creating trusts and offshore corporate structures, and (v) worldwide assistance
with opening bank accounts.
Upon identifying your IP, the company retained capable attorneys who were successful in obtaining U.S.
trademark registrations on the corporate name, non-functional design, and logo so customers could more easily identify the Superstar widget and its association
with the company.
Our YouTube channel has videos on dealing
with copyright infringement online, creating a business plan and crafting a legally compliant pitch desk, drafting a social media policy, going through a
trademark registration process and the steps for obtaining a
trademark registration.
Dominic's
trademark experience includes assisting clients
with trademark research and
registration, as well as developing and implementing strategies to exploit and protect the
trademark.
Through a number of longstanding relationships
with intellectual property firms throughout the world, our International team coordinates the acquisition of patent,
trademark, and copyright
registrations, prepares and drafts intellectual property agreements, and designs and implements enforcement programs.
We assist clients
with their legal needs, from major litigation to financing to
trademark and patent
registration.
The team's client base includes a mix of software, electronics, retail and pharmaceutical companies; recent work includes representing Groth & Co in negotiations
with owners of similar trade marks, and acting for an individual entrepreneur in a
registration application before the Russian Patent &
Trademark Office.
D456, 363, D366, 863, D367, 036, D376, 580, and D366, 862 (see Exhibits A-E enclosed herewith), along
with our client's related
trademark registration nos. 2,060,139 and 3,075,541, (see enclosed Exhibits F and G) and trade dress rights.
Section 2 (a) of the Lanham Act prohibits the
registration of a
trademark that «consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive, or scandalous matter; or matter which may disparage or falsely suggest a connection
with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt, or disrepute; -LSB-...]» (the Disparagement Clause).
One of the usual mistakes that clients make is that they con - fuse the rights acquired through domain name
registrations with trademark rights.