This is a very fact-specific question that requires the consultation of an attorney to properly answer your question, as my colleagues say. The...

I an a former Olympic Athlete and I want to start an online business called Olympian Skating Supplies. Is that ok?

I would think that with the aggressiveness of the IOC in enforcing its trademark rights in the word "OLYMPIC" as well as its 5-circle logo that it...

Do I need to trademark my company logo and name?

Your LLC does not confer any trademark rights as only use of the mark on actual goods or services that you offer in commerce can confer trademark...

Why do patent lawyers (or any other field) say the phrase "Good Luck"? Shouldn't a case be about "facts" rather than "luck"?

You must be a "tens and ones" or all black or all white type person with that statement, which I tend to believe is not very realistic and is...

TTAB: Is a claim of secondary meaning under 2(f) in an interrogatory response an admission of descriptiveness?

Any mark that is registered on the Principal Register under Section 2(f) is by definition NOT INHERENTLY distinctive. If the mark were inherently...

Does the use of TM really help protect a brand before a mark application is filed?

See my linked legal guide from my Avvo profile which outlines the benefits a federal registration offers over mere common law rights from use of a...

The USPTO has now issued over 4.4 million trademark registrations and probably about 50-60% of them have lapsed. That means that searching all the...

Looking for an attorney to do a basic copyright/trademark on a product.

I think the way to use this site for finding an attorney is to search the attorneys listed under the "Trademark Application" category and then get...

Generally, are all decisions made by the Interlocutory Attorney during a trademark cancellation proceeding considered non final

A summary judgment motion is the only dispositive motion I am aware of that interlocutory attorneys at the TTAB decide and I know that they work...

When is a trademark deemed abandoned and once it is abandoned can it be "unabandoned" by resuming use in commerce?

Are you trying to hold onto trademark rights you once had, or merely trying to re-register a mark in which you claim to continue to maintain...