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Trademark a Name How to Register a Trademark for Your Business

So, you finally settled on the perfect name for your product or service it describes the business without being overly descriptive, it tells your customers exactly what you want them to know and it’s catchy. That’s fantastic! Finding just the right name is vitally important to the success of any product line or service.


Is it required that I register my trademark?


No, not at all. However, registering your trademark, specifically your Federal trademark, does provide you with several advantages:


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What You Need to Know About Trademarks

Once you have trademarked your identity, your company has the right to prevent others from using a trademark this is similar or confusing. That means that no one can use a trademark that can be confused with yours. This protects your company identity, reputation, and market share. The term of a trademark is 20 years.


Trademark protection can be obtained two ways. First, trademark protection is available for inexpensive registration in most states. Contact your state s secretary of state to find out the procedure for registering your trademark in the state where your business operates. Secondly, trademark protection can be obtained from the federal government for approximately $335. This can be

Trademark a Name How to Register a Trademark for Your Business
...to you, there is a possibility that another party already has prior trademark or common-law rights to the name for your industry. Before you invest time, money and effort into your name, do some research. The first places to check ...
done online at the website for the United States Patent and Trademark Office website www.uspto.gov. The forms can all be completed and submitted online.


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How To Sue Cybersquattors With UDRP Or ACPA

Have you ever had a third party register a domain name that is either exactly the same or very similar to your trademark? If so, it may be a Cybersquatting issue. Cybersquatting is registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with a bad-faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. To address this issue, Congress enacted what is known as the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (”ACPA”). The ACPA amended the Lanham Act by providing trademark owners with a civl remedy against cybersquatting.


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Trademark Renewal & Maintenance How Do I Keep My Trademark?

After you ve applied for your trademark, there will be a waiting period of approximately 18 months before your name is actually registered with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (herein referred to as the USPTO). Until then, it will be listed as “Pending.” Sometimes there are hold-ups; the USPTO may not allow you to use the name you ve chosen to apply for because there is a similar name already trademarked. In this case, you will receive an “office action”, which is a notification from the USPTO. If you do receive an office action, it might be due to the USPTO simply needing more information in order to complete your trademark application. However, it also

How To Sue Cybersquattors With UDRP Or ACPA
...including a defendant name which is protected as a mark; 2. registers, traffics in, or uses a domain name that-- (I) in the case of a mark that is distinctive at the time of registration of the domain name, is ...
may be because your name is blocked by another name, which is the worst case scenario, and another reason why it is incredibly important to purchase comprehensive research before you file for your name!


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Anti-Cyber Squatting Consumer Protection Act Update

Our law firm receives a lot of calls from people and companies who are being threatened with an Anti-Cyber Squatting Consumer Protection Act claim because they registered a domain name identical or similar to a trademark held by someone else. Inevitably, we hear the words Network Solutions allowed me to register the domain, so there is no way someone can say that I did anything wrong.


Of course, Network Solutions and the other registrars do little to ensure that a person registering a domain has legal right to do so. In fact, about the only thing registrars do is make each person who purchases a domain affirm that they are not interfering with some else s legitimate

Trademark Renewal & Maintenance How Do I Keep My Trademark?
...should always be drawn up by an attorney, rather than an individual, as the action conveys that you are taking legal recourse against another business. Please communicate with the USPTO directly, a trademark attorney OR a trademark research company if ...
trademark rights. The fact that you are able to register a domain doesn t mean that you won t get sued for having done so under federal law.


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