Company Trademark advice

Before applying for or beginning use of the trademark, additional steps should be taken to ensure that you are free to use it. Trademark rights...

My business has been contacted by a serial scam artist, how best to protect myself?

I will echo the advice of others and say that if you have received a threat, then the strength or weakness of your position must be evaluated by an...

Should I wait to launch my online store before marketing on social media?

The order of posting online materials is not critical to protecting your designs. Your designs can be protected through copyright or design...

You should not sign anything until the situation is reviewed by an intellectual property attorney. Infringement of a copyright (assuming that is...

How can I be sued by a company for my first and last name?

Having a name and using that name as a trademark are very different. Are you selling any goods or services under your name? If so, are the goods...

In addition to the good answers you have received so far, itis entirely possible that you are not using the mark in a trademark sense, but are...

I have a patent, do I still need a patent attorney to keep me abreast of the maintenance ?

There is no reason you cannot calendar the due dates, and pay the fees yourself. However, if your entity status changes (for example, from micro...

If I have a seasoning I manufactured for example Complete Seasoning and a company contact me and say I am infringing.

It may be possible to add another word to "Complete" to create a trademark that is not confusingly similar to "Complete Seasoning." However, since...

Although the first sale doctrine ordinarily permits one to use, modify, and dispose of a lawfully purchased item however they choose, there are...

That depends on whether the shirts were originally purchased from a legitimate source, or whether they are counterfeit. If the shirts were made...