What should I do when I get OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) from USPTO

This seems very poorly worded to me. As you now see, this process is not intuitive. It is the same reason that even though I can read a manual...

Can I use my given name as my business name?

As you can see the question is not as straight forward as you probably were expecting. Until pretty recently, the courts were very uniform in...

I agree that it seems you are really asking two different questions here and frankly I'm not sure how helpful any of can be here. I think you...

Do I need to trademark our name and logo before launching a tee shirt business?

Once you have conducted your own homework on the mark and have not found anything that alarms, then it is time to have a professional clearance...

How much does it cost to Trademark and Copyright using AVVO? Are there any places cheaper & creditable that can do this?

Avvo is really just a place to help locate qualified providers. You are likely not going to receive proper quotes through this platform and frankly...

What's the benefits of filing a trademark with an attorney? What can I expect to be paying for this service?

You received a lot of good answers here. Think of your trademark as an investment such as buying a business. You would not of course just right a...

My colleagues offered good answers to your substantive question. There is a very good reason that even though I am capable of reading an...

I registered an email address in 2008. A company trademarked the name in 2010 and now demands I give up the email address. (xyz@

An email address and domain are not trademarks unless they are used as such. The first question is what do we have here exactly? Next, if you were...

While I agree with the comments of my colleague, I really don't think anyone can advise regards to a best course of action without knowing what...

Can I legally print and sell a dog t-shirt that says "Hawaii Five-(dog paw with a circle around it) K-9 Unit?"

No, you can't play off of another's IP in this case registered trademark in an effort to sell or promote your goods and services. In some...

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