by Angela Langlotz | Mar 16, 2023 | Trademark Application, Trademark Registration, Trademarks |
Angela, how do I register a trademark? I get this question a lot. I’m going to spend the next three or four minutes talking about this. I’m Angela Langlotz, trademark and copyright attorney. I go live here to answer your trademark and copyright law...
by Angela Langlotz | Jul 6, 2021 | Trademark Application, Trademark Registration, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
Pac-Man Trademarks: Expanding Your Brand When you first obtain a trademark registration for certain goods, you may want to later expand your business beyond your original goods and services. To do this, just file additional trademark applications for the new goods...
by Angela Langlotz | May 25, 2021 | Trademark Application, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
What about common law trademarks? If the name of a store isn’t registered as a trademark, does that mean that anyone can use it? Not necessarily; it depends on where it’s being used. But if you don’t register your trademark with the USPTO, you may...
by Angela Langlotz | May 18, 2021 | Design Marks, Trademark Application, Trademark Registration, Trademarks |
Can A Candy Shape Be A Trademark? Yes, it can! I’ve spoken before about shapes as trademarks for candy, Toblerone being the most famous one. What about other, less distinctive shapes? Those can serve as trademarks as well. As I like to remind everyone, anything,...
by Angela Langlotz | May 11, 2021 | Trademark Application, Trademark Registration, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
Can I use the word “UNIVERSITY” as part of my trademark? And the answer is always, let’s look at the context. So let’s say that you wanted to manufacture a new line of cell phones and you wanted to call that “University.” Now,...
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...
