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 | 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...
