Most of my blog posts focus on how you can acquire trademark rights. In this post, I will be discussing the opposite: situations where trademark rights are lost. When someone loses trademark rights, it is called trademark abandonment. Since trademarks are very valuable business assets, companies want to avoid abandonment at all costs. What Is Trademark Abandonment? … Read more
There has been a recent surge in trademark scams out there. Over the past few months I have been seeing several new scam trademark companies that seem to originate from the same source. Trademark Swift is one of these new scammers. They appear to be contacting a large number of business owners. These solicitations are … Read more
Filing a trademark application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office requires you to choose a valid “filing basis” for your application. Each filing basis has its own strict requirements. One of the most common bases for filing a trademark application at the USPTO is called an “intent to use” basis. This basis only requires … Read more
When people talk about trademark rights, they tend to think of them in binary terms. While it is true that you either have trademark rights (through use of the trademark) or not, things are more complex than that. Trademarks can be placed on a spectrum. Depending where they fall on that spectrum, they may be stronger or … Read more
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