Written By: Lawrence A. Maxham A patent applies to a new structure, apparatus, or process that can produce an improved and useful result. Here we are focusing on trademarks. What Qualifies as a Trademark? A trademark is a mark used in trade. A mark can be words, symbols, designs (logos), or a combination that, when…
It is important to thoroughly understand how marks are to be used. A trademark is a word (or several words), a name, a symbol (such as one or more letters, or numbers, or a design), or any combination of these, used to identify and distinguish the goods of a business, and to indicate the source…
If you are doing business beyond the borders of the USA, the copyright laws may be different; it is important to register any trademarks you use abroad to cover the countries in which you are operating or selling, or have The choices for doing so are several. They include: 1) Country-by-country 2) Regions where the…
TRADEMARKS A. THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD OF TRADEMARKS 1. The European Union In the European Union the Community Trademark (CTM) registration system covers all EU countries with a single procedure and results in a single registration. The coverage of the CTM registration will expand along with the EU and any new countries will automatically be included…
CONFLICTS BETWEEN TRADEMARKS AND DOMAIN NAMES The Internet domain name register will effectively register any domain name for a web page address on the Internet that is not identical to a previously registered domain name. Unfortunately the domain name registration takes no account of the class of goods or services associated with the domain name….