The band name "The Dirty Blue" is trademarked. My band name, "Dirty Blues" is not. Mine has been reported as trademark violation

By "reported as a trademark violation," do you mean that you have received a cease and desist or other demand letter from The Dirty Blue's counsel?...

Is it illegal to copy someone's web buttons?

The originality requirement for an expression is quite low and finding an example of a button that could not possibly be protected under U.S....

Tshirt phrases

As Mr. Jacobsen pointed out, ornamental use of a name/slogan on a t-shirt will generally not qualify as that name/slogan being used as a source...

As a start up company, do i need to trademark the "Doing Business As" name of TopScore? If so, is this something that I can do?

While a federal trademark registration is not required to do business, acquiring one can provide certain commercial advantages. Whether you may...

When you complete a trademark application using TEAS Plus do you have to produce your specimen then and there?

If you are filing a TEAS Plus application on a Section 1(a) basis (i.e., "in use"), you will need to provide the USPTO some evidence of the...

How would i go about this?

While this does not appear to be a copyright-related matter, any recourse you may have against the individual can only be determined through an...

Trademark Advice - Classification

Mr. Levine is correct. The USPTO's internal classification (U.S.) and the international classifications (IC) primarily exist for trademark office...

Domain name dispute - Cease and desist letter...

Your decision is rather bifurcated: you can either acquiesce to the demand and take your website down or you don't, for one or more reasons. That...

Merely providing a counter notification does not mean you "have to go to court." Indeed, the DMCA's safe harbor provision is basically a way for...

Whether a corporation is "inactive / dissolved," as a state business corporations act may define those terms, is separate from whether the...