As noted, trademark rights can affix without a registration. Before you invest in any trademark of your own make sure you get some legal guidance...

The others provided some very good responses. I think I would want to get more specific details before stabbing at any conclusions about this. The...

I concur with Attorney Roslyn. There does not seem to be any actionable or colorable claim here. The event is newsworthy, at least presumably and...

Using the phrase in this context should not be an issue. As this is not trademark use. As noted, the Rogers test is the appropriate way to analyze...

We would need more specific facts, but if you continued to use the name in the same or very related field then presumable you have prior senior use...

If the design mark contains the literal element "DOVE" in your example then sure this can be a conflict. We could not say for sure from here, of...

Merely doing something indirectly that which you are prohibited from doing directly is never going to be a solution. I am not so sure it is a...

As noted, we really can't provide any out-of-the-box "one answer" here. But in general you can certainly state truthfully that your product is...

Fictional characters can certainly be protected even apart from the works in which they commonly appear, but the creative expression is taken as a...

As noted, there is no way to protect a bald idea. You can protect creative expression (copyright), inventions (patent) and branding (trademark). ...