How do I start franchising my restaurant?

From the legal standpoint you should have an appropriate franchise agreement and you must have a U.S. compliant disclosure document, known as the...

If a trademark consists of two words that are arguably merely descriptive plus a design...

Assuming a word mark that too descriptive or generic to be permitted any registration, a design that is capable of registration can be used. You...

How much protection does registering a trademark on the supplemental register provide if any?

The SR is not open to just any mark. The most common marks allowed are those descriptive marks capable of becoming trademarks by virtue of...

Please see my question below regarding potentially trademarking a slogan.

Practicalities: The trademark route will not provide you much defensive protection against pirates, basically because you do not intend to use the...

How do I get a trademark for a company and logo?

This is just the type of situation where a trademark attorney can be of assistance. What you seem to be talking about is due diligence to see if...

I have another company using the same business name as we are. They are within 20 miles from our location.

You might want to consider filing for a U.S. trademark before taking any action, so at least that will be in progress and the other party will...

A good place to start for questions like this is the USPTO database. You can search for the word, pops, for example. Over 7000 entries have that...

Could my trademark be cancelled for the following....

A good way to approach this question is to do a comprehensive trademark search for the term. This will let you know who else is using or has tried...

The name for your merchandise would be a trademark, not a copyright. It is not unusual for a trademark search to reveal another user of the mark. ...

Can you have a trademark on both the principle register and supplemental register at the same time?

The examiner would not have allowed your mark to be registered on the PR if he/she thought it was only descriptive without the capability or...