by Angela Langlotz | Aug 6, 2018 | Trademark Registration, Trademarks |
I’ve had several people email and message me about the Play-Doh trademark, so it’s time to do a segment on America’s favorite modeling clay. We’re all shocked — shocked! — to learn that the smell of childhood favorite Play-Doh is now a registered...
by Angela Langlotz | Jul 9, 2018 | Design Marks, Trademark Registration, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
I’ve mentioned before that just about anything distinctive that serves as a source identifier is capable of functioning as a trademark. This includes some unusual things, like sounds, that we don’t normally think of when we think about trademarks. Harley Davidson has...
by Angela Langlotz | Jun 27, 2018 | Trademark Office Actions, Trademark Registration, Trademarks |
Last weekend I was out at a fancy art event, and saw a beautiful Maserati Quattroporte, and that got me thinking, as often happens, about trademarks. I wondered if Maserati had registered a trademark for QUATTROPORTE, and if so, what register it was on, the...
by Angela Langlotz | Jun 11, 2018 | Trademark Registration, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
When you file your trademark application, eventually, you have to submit a “specimen.” What’s a “specimen?” Recall that you have to actually USE a trademark to have trademark rights. When you file an application based on your use of the mark, you have to show that you...
by Angela Langlotz | Jun 5, 2018 | Trademark Registration, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
Are your trademarks suggestive? If so, hurray for you, because “suggestive” marks make some of the very best trademarks. Why? Because they suggest — but don’t come right out and describe — certain qualities about the product associated with the mark. These...
by Angela Langlotz | May 24, 2018 | Trademark Infringement, Trademark Opposition Proceedings, Trademark Registration, Trademarks |
We have another episode of Trademark Wars! It seems grocery giant Trader Joe’s — my favorite grocery store! — has fended off the predations of a naughty infringer, bent on using the fame of the Trader Joe’s name to promote their own goods. Naughty...
