by Angela Langlotz | Mar 30, 2021 | Trademark Infringement, Trademarks |
Trademark Infringement Update: Nike requested an injunction to prevent further sales of the “Satan Shoes” and was granted a temporary injunction against the trademark infringement on April 1, 2021. Is sportswear giant Nike suing rapper Little Nas X for...
by Angela Langlotz | Mar 23, 2021 | Trademark Application, Trademark Registration, Trademarks |
NetJets submitted a trademark application for wine. What went wrong with their trademark application? When a trademark application is filed, it gets in line behind other trademark applications and other trademark registrations. We say that the first user of a...
by Angela Langlotz | Mar 16, 2021 | Trademark Application, Trademark Cancellations, Trademark Monitoring, Trademark Opposition Proceedings, Trademarks |
How do I change my address with the Trademark Office? Well, not surprisingly, there is a form for that. It’s called the Change of Address or Representation form. And you can find that just by searching on the USPTO website at USPTO dot gov. There is a form that...
by Angela Langlotz | Mar 8, 2021 | Trademark Application, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
Twice last week, I had people contacting me because they made this fatal mistake on their trademark application. When self-represented applicants file a trademark application, they very often make this fatal mistake. This mistake is not correctable in most cases, and...
by Angela Langlotz | Mar 2, 2021 | Trademark Cancellations, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
What Will Become of The Mr. Potato Head Trademark? Last week, Hasbro, Inc., maker of the iconic Mr. Potato Head toy, announced that Mr. Potato Head would no longer be a “Mr.” and would henceforth be a more gender-inclusive “Potato Head,”...
by Angela Langlotz | Jan 26, 2021 | Trademark Application, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Registration, Trademark Rejections, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
A viewer asked me today, “If there is a trademark listed with the translation of the English name I want, but the service is different, i.e. beer and I want a service based mark. Would this be an issue?” Well, let’s talk about that now. We translate all...
by Angela Langlotz | Jan 19, 2021 | Trademark Infringement, Trademark Monitoring, Trademark Registration, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
Can we have the same trademark for many different kinds of products? We have a mark that is used widely on a bunch of different products. Is that allowed under the trademark rules? The answer is an emphatic yes. The main thing that we care about is the likelihood of...
by Angela Langlotz | Jan 12, 2021 | Trademarks |
How To Transfer Ownership Of A Trademark? Trademarks are transferable, just like any other piece of property, but how do you transfer them? We transfer a trademark via a document called an Assignment that is filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office....
by Angela Langlotz | Jan 5, 2021 | Trademark Registration, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
“Merely Laudatory” Trademarks: Super Amazing Coffee! Some terms are not registrable on the Principal Register because they are “merely laudatory.” What does “merely laudatory” mean? It means that the trademark describes some quality...
by Angela Langlotz | Dec 29, 2020 | Trademarks |
If A Trademark Is Cancelled or Expired, Can I Use It? Assuming it’s not “confusingly similar” to another mark registered or applied-for in the database, a cancelled trademark is fair game for another user. Remember that trademarks are only acquired...
