A band "The Tarantulas" is claiming trademark infringement on my band, "Scorpion vs. Tarantula" (in name only) Are they correct?

Whenever a business asserts trademark infringement, the recipient would be foolish to fail to seek confidential advice from an attorney skilled in...

Who owns a trademark if they were approved on the same day?

Yes, sometimes in a government agency, the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. In the scenario you posit, each party has obtained...

The other responses in this thread discuss various legal principles that would be applicable to the analysis of the situation you write about. You...

Filing U.S. Patent Application

Yes.

Gee, that's an interesting question. Because, in general, once someone buys a tangible item, he isn't prevented by the law from selling it...

I am looking for a Patent attorney near Shelton CT and an estimate for how much it costs to patent a product.

I happen to be a patent attorney near Philadelphia. But if you're looking in Shelton, CT, I'd invite you to interview a very interesting guy...

Is it possible to trademark a saying with a city name in it?

In general, yes, it's possible to adopt a slogan for particular goods or services that includes the name of a city and register it with the U.S....

If I respond to a trademark office action myself and the Examining Attorney finds my arguments unpersuasive....

See http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/index.jsp for the U.S. PTO's outline of the steps in the process of prosecuting a federal trademark...

Lets say I have a trademark equivalent in form to 7 hour energy boost, Can it be argued that "7 hour" need not be disclaimed?

Well, it happens that last month, the US PTO issued a guidance document on "Additional Considerations for Determining Whether Wording in a Mark...

One aspect of "fair use" as mentioned in the previous answer is whether the proposed use of the team logos would fit the definition of "nominative...