by Angela Langlotz | Sep 4, 2024 | Trademark Application, Trademark Registration, Trademark Rejections, Trademark Searches, Trademarks |
How Do I Conduct A Trademark Search? Before applying to register a trademark, it’s essential to search the trademark database to see if there are similar marks for similar goods and services. If in the USPTO trademark database there are already applied for or...
by Angela Langlotz | Aug 28, 2024 | Trademark Licensing, Trademark Monitoring, Trademarks |
Is There A Time Limit For Trademark Enforcement? Formally, no. Federal Trademark Law — named The Lanham Act — doesn’t specify a formal time limit for trademark enforcement — making your trademark infringers stop their naughty behavior. As a general legal...
by Angela Langlotz | Aug 14, 2024 | Trademark Infringement, Trademark Registration, Trademarks |
The PR firm Multiply is suing Elon Musk’s X Corporation for trademark infringement and unfair competition, among other things. A while back, Elon rebranded Twitter as X (dumbest rebrand ever, in my opinion; that friendly little bird icon had worldwide recognition and...
by Angela Langlotz | Jun 29, 2021 | Trademark Infringement, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
Aldi steals caterpillar cake design from Marks & Spencer! Naughty trademark infringer Aldi is at it again, this time targeting retail giant Marks & Spencer with their knockoff goods! We’ve seen Aldi knock off bock, their sister company Trader Joe’s...
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...
