by Angela Langlotz | Jun 22, 2021 | Trademark Registration, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
Angela, “You can’t own words!” That’s what somebody said to me a couple of days ago. I’m going to talk about that here over the next three minutes. I’m Angela Langlotz, trademark and copyright attorney. I go live here on weekdays to...
by Angela Langlotz | Jun 1, 2021 | Trademark Registration, Trademark Rejections, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
What If I Am Using A Trademark But Can’t Prove It? If you’re using a trademark, but can’t prove your use, then you have two choices: Wait until you can prove use to apply based on your actual use of the trademark, or apply based on an intent to use...
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...
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...
