by Angela Langlotz | Mar 14, 2023 | Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks |
What Is a trademark and how is it different than a copyright or a patent? I’m Angela Langlotz, trademark attorney. I go live here to discuss trademark and copyright issues. So this is a question that I get a lot. What’s the difference between a trademark,...
by Angela Langlotz | Dec 8, 2020 | Trademark Registration, Trademark Searches, Trademarks |
Someone asked me yesterday, “When is the best time to register my trademark?” and the answer is generally, as soon as possible. If you know you’re going to be using a certain trademark, you’ll first want to get a trademark clearance search to...
by Angela Langlotz | Jul 2, 2019 | Trademark Infringement, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
A viewer asked me about a video that he had seen online, wherein Subway sandwich chain poked fun at rival McDonald’s burgers, using a video that seemed to use the McDonald’s “Golden Arches” logo. I discussed parody on an earlier video, which is why this question came...
by Angela Langlotz | Jun 11, 2019 | Trademark Infringement, Trademark Office Actions, Trademark Searches, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
One of the most common things that trips up trademark applicants and inexperienced attorneys alike is the rule that says that all foreign words contained in a trademark must be translated into English language so that they can be compared with any existing trademarks...
by Angela Langlotz | Jun 4, 2019 | Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
I got a question today from a viewer about laudatory trademarks, and how to tell the difference between a laudatory trademark and a suggestive trademark. As I’ve said, anything can serve as a trademark, including colors, symbols, logos, words, phrases, sounds, and...
