Today’s blog post is kind of like a Mythbusters segment.  I want to address a common misconception about trademark searches.  The misconception is that doing a Secretary of State trademark search using the “corporation search” will prevent you from infringing upon someone else’s trademark rights.  That is simply not true.  But I still hear this from … Read more

In my earlier post on trademark searches, I described the basic idea of the knockout search.  Today, I want to go into more detail on that subject.  The knockout search is basic research that you can do yourself.  You are looking for any obvious conflicts with existing trademarks.  If your knockout search returns a very similar mark used for products/services … Read more