Generally, U.S. trademark applications may be refused, at least, based on an applied for trademark being confusingly similar with a prior existing...

Generally, there are various factors which are used to determine likelihood of confusion, which may vary depending on jurisdiction, below is a link...

Generally, if one wants to indicate that an acronym is a registered trademark, one would have to, at least, apply for the acronym (not the full...

If I don't copyright a novel and someone else registers the copyright and writes the same story afterward, who has its rights?

Generally, copyright occurs when a work having a modicum of creativity is fixed in a tangible medium of expression. So if you wrote a novel,...

Generally, if you want to file a U.S. trademark application to obtain a U.S. trademark registration, you would typically need to specify the...

Patent infringement?

Generally, one would need to review in detail, at least, the patent and prosecution history, and the alleged infringing product. You should...

Trademark vs domain issue

Generally, it is possible for someone to have common law trademark rights, in for example a particular geographic area, without a trademark...

See: https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TBMP/print?version=current&href=sec-47dfb30b-ea3d-4da9-a003-40b0d288872f.html ,regarding petition to cancel...

Generally, it may be possible to have a claim published in a published patent application under 35 U.S.C. 154(d)(2), which may later be canceled in...

Generally, how to respond to a rejection under 35 U.S.C. 103 (obviousness) depends on the specific case. It is important, at least, to review...