by Angela Langlotz | Nov 24, 2020 | Trademark Infringement, Trademark Licensing, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
Any time you do business with a third party, you need to have a written agreement, especially if it involves trademarks, copyrights or other intellectual property. I’m Angela Langlotz, trademark and copyright attorney. I’m going to spend the next three...
by Angela Langlotz | Nov 17, 2020 | Trademark Registration, Trademarks |
Merely Descriptive Case Study: Best Whisk! Sometimes “merely laudatory” — a subcategory of “merely descriptive” — trademarks are registrable. If the descriptive trademark has been in use long enough, such that it has acquired...
by Angela Langlotz | Nov 10, 2020 | Copyright Registration, Copyrights, Trademark Registration, Trademarks |
Your book might qualify for both copyright protection and trademark protection. Trademark and copyright protect different aspects of the book. A book has a creative aspect, in that the content of the book is written and laid out in a certain manner, using certain...
by Angela Langlotz | Nov 3, 2020 | Design Marks, Trademark Registration, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
People are sometimes surprised to learn that a color can serve as a trademark. The Lanham Act — United States trademark law — says that any “device” that distinguishes a company’s goods or services can serve as a trademark. So yes, a...
