Trademark Infringement

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How to Determine Trademark Infringement Trademark infringement is the unauthorized and illegal use of a trademar...6 min read

4 Types of Trademark Infringement Defenses A trademark infringement defense is the legal case brought by a defendan...6 min read

What to Do When Someone Counterfeits Your Trademark Trademark counterfeiting is when an established trademark is put on a pr...12 min read

Trademark Infringement

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How to Determine Trademark Infringement Trademark infringement is the unauthorized and illegal use of a trademar...6 min read
How Do You Protect Your Trademark? Trademark protection refers to safeguarding intellectual property rights...11 min read
How to Avoid Trade Dress Infringement Trade dress infringement occurs when one company uses trade dress simila...10 min read

What to Do When Someone Counterfeits Your Trademark Trademark counterfeiting is when an established trademark is put on a pr...12 min read
How to Protect Your Trade Dress Trade dress describes a product or packaging's look and feel. While trad...5 min read
4 Types of Trademark Infringement Defenses A trademark infringement defense is the legal case brought by a defendan...6 min read

When Do You Need Permission to Use a Logo? You need permission to use a logo unless used for editorial or informati...8 min read
How to Write or Respond to a Trademark Cease And Desist A trademark cease and desist letter asks a third party to stop using a t...10 min read
How to Test to Determine Trademark Infringement The Trademark Infringement Test determines the likelihood of people conf...5 min read
How to Get Permission to Use a Trademark Trademark permission, also called licensing, allows others to use a trad...8 min read
Can You Use Trademarked Keywords in Keyword Advertising? Keyword advertising trademark infringement occurs when online search eng...8 min read

Definitions

Trademark Symbol There are two main trademark symbols ™ and ® that promote a piece of int...10 min read
Cybersquatting Cybersquatting involves buying website domains, especially those of well...7 min read
Lanham Act The Lanham Act created a national trademark registration system. Enacted...8 min read
Service Mark A service mark is a designation that indicates the provider of a service...6 min read
Madrid Protocol The Madrid Protocol is a treaty that gives U.S.-based corporations a wor...7 min read
Trade Dress Trade dress covers all elements that make up the overall image of a prod...16 min read
Trademark Trial And Appeal Board The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board is the administrative arm of the Un...6 min read
Collective Mark A collective mark is a trademark used by members of a collective to indi...6 min read
Community Trademark A Community Trademark is a registered trademark that protects your brand...7 min read
Common Law Trademark A common law trademark is a type of infringement protection for intellec...9 min read
Generic Trademark Generic trademarks are common terms used to name products or services, f...6 min read
Likelihood Of Confusion Likelihood of confusion is a part of a proving trademark infringement. I...7 min read

Descriptive Trademark A descriptive trademark identifies one or more characteristics of a prod...7 min read
Supplemental Register The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Supplemental Register is ...5 min read
Trademark Class 9 Trademark Class 9 classifies trademarks in nautical, scientific, surveyi...11 min read
Trademark Class 25 Trademark Class 25 includes most types of clothing, footwear, and headge...10 min read
Trademark Class 35 Trademark Class 35 includes advertising and business services like adver...11 min read
Trademark Class 41 Class 41 is one of the 45 classes used by the United States Patent and T...6 min read
Trademark Class 42 Trademark Class 42 is a trademark class used by the United States Patent...6 min read
Trademark Disclaimer A trademark disclaimer is a statement placed in a trademark application ...3 min read
Dead Trademark A dead trademark is a trademark that was once registered or applied for ...7 min read
Fanciful Trademark Fanciful trademarks are made-up terms invented just to funcation as a tr...6 min read
Arbitrary Trademark An arbitrary trademark is a word or image that already exists, but it ha...5 min read
Suggestive Trademark A suggestive trademark is a distinctive, mark which does not describe a ...9 min read

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