Trademarks - What is a Conflict? What is a Strong Similarity?

Comprehensive trademark research consists of several layers: Researching comprehensive databases, such as Lexis-Nexis or Dialog; Looking for similarities, such as synonyms, word placement & spelling variations; Consultation with a trademark attorney if Conflicts or Strong Similarities arise. The hardest matter to determine is what's going to be a potential problem for you and what isn't. Once that is ascertained, further research into the company or companies is needed.

Trademarks - A Quick Introduction

With the combined advent of the internet/dot-com boom and the prevailing trend of individuals going into business for themselves, the focus and importance surrounding intellectual property has been in the forefront of the minds of entrepreneurs, artists, inventors and anyone wanting to protect the fruits of their labors.

Trademark a Name – How to Register a Trademark for Your Business

So, you finally settled on the perfect name for your product or service – it describes the business without being overly descriptive, it tells your customers exactly what you want them to know and it's catchy. That's fantastic! Finding just the right name is vitally important to the success of any product line or service.

Trademark Logos

Logos are symbols that represent something. It is usually a company, product or brand. Logos help the company to register a particular image in a person’s mind about the company. For this, the logo has to be attractive, unique, and functional. It should also represent the company’s image well.

Trademark Search

A trademark is a unique name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design, image or a combination of these elements that uniquely identifies your product or service to your customers and distinguishes you from your competitors. By registering your trademark, you provide your company, your product and your services with government protection that are part of the benefits of trademark rights. With a registered trademark, your competitors will not be allowed to use a logo or name of the same likeness, or produce a product or offer services that are similar to yours. For example, Apple produces computer products with an Apple logo. Another company cannot use the apple, or something similar to an apple, to identify themselves within the same industry. Sometimes the benefits extend beyond industries as well.

An Introduction to Trademarks

In marketing, there is a particular strategy known as branding. In many ways, trademarks are designed to protect your brand from use by others.

History Of US Trademark

The US Trademark legislation developed from the nineteenth century when great growth of production and services demanded new regulation.

Landmark Ruling in Trade Mark Case - Test for Invalidity

In Special Effects Limited v L'Oreal & International Trademark Association (Intervener) [2007] EWCA Civ 1, the Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the Chancery Division of the High Court. The case concerned an opposition to a trade mark registration. The Court in the first instance held that there was no relevant difference between the practice and procedure of the Trade Mark Registry in opposition proceedings under s 38(2) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 and invalidity proceedings under s 47(1) of the Act. The issues in dispute in the two sets of proceedings were identical.

How to Find a Good Car Accident Injury Lawyer

When you have been in a car accident many times you will need to find a good Boston car accident injury lawyer regardless of whether the accident was your fault or not.

Industry Regulation and Recent Legislation

A number of states from coast to coast are attempting to impose further regulations on the payday loan industry, but without much success in many cases. Consumers of payday loans have generally argued against more stringent measures and limitations, that would limit their access to payday loans. And, in the meantime, the payday loan industry continues to grow, both in the numbers of loans issued and the dollar amounts of loans issued.

New Regulations for Small Business

Information every small business owner needs to know.

FAA to Regulate Space Flight and Space Ships?

Well it seems the Federal Aviation Administration seems to have more lofty goals than the new NASA Mission to the Moon and Mars. The FAA now wants to regulate Space Flight

AS/NZ 5761: 2005 In-service Saftey Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment - Second Hand

Organisations and individuals supplying or offering to supply second hand electrical equipment should be aware of the important legal obligations imposed on them under electricity safety legislation

Video Game Regulations on Content

Should we allow the Government to regulate video games? Should we let the industry self-regulate? Do you as a parent regulate the video game content of your children? Have you considered any of this? Well, recently in an online think tank we did and there are many sides to the issue indeed.

Over Regulation in Every Industry Except Law?

How do we citizens in the United States of America know that we are over regulated? Well it is pretty obvious when the rest of the world starts laughing at us. But it is even more obvious if you consider all the overregulation in the US on business, in every single industry except one. Lawyers.