Before joining The Gap Brands late in 2014, Kyle spent years traveling the globe facilitating teams to solve problems, crafting solutions, and maintaining relevancy to consumers. In a candid conversation, Kyle shared an experience of getting down with consumers in their homes and offices, where he looks for clues that lead to break throughs for the brands he represents.
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This is the first in a series of excerpts from my interview with Kyle Hermans, for the forthcoming book Brandaide–A Blueprint for the Brand CEO. Kyle offers a rare glimpse into the world of a real life brand innovation master. Kyle Hermans travels the globe leading a diverse array of global brand owners in solving problems. Kyle facilitates brands and their leaders to creative breakthrough, and to innovate. We ask, what does the word “innovation” really mean?
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Former members of BLACK FLAG were in a fight over rights to the name and famous logo when a second group called FLAG began touring using the logo. It’s a common problem that can be avoided. A few years ago, the founders of the largest Mexican group in America were jailed in Mexico for two months for attempting to perform in Mexico under their own name.
Trademark Band Name: Loud Trax & Hodgson Legal Read More »
Descriptive trademarks are “bad brands,” since they don’t qualify for trademark registration. They spend 5 years on the Supplemental Register and after release, must still prove secondary meaning aka acquired distinctiveness in order to be enforceable against third parties. This is an expensive, difficult hurdle most that most can never meet.
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Clients and marketing professionals are often confused as to the difference between registration of a domain name and registering a trademark or service mark. Domains names are not trademarks. A domain is nothing more than an Internet address, much like the street address where you live. Domain names do not afford protection against use of the domain name for competitive products or services unless separate trademark rights are established and registered.
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Trademark registration is only the starting point in maintaining legal rights in a brand name. Trademark monitoring includes implementation of brand protection strategies to reduce risk and liability that result from unattended counterfeiting, diversion, tampering, and theft.
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Many organizations have brand values, yet few manage to make them real for their own teams, in a way that enables the team to bring these values alive for customers. While most brand owners see training as the solution, all too often, training can actually become part of the problem. Here’s why:
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A registered trademark is vital to protecting your brand in today’s online global market place. Before filing for a registered trademark, review your proposed trademark to see whether it will even qualify for legal protection and approval as a registered trademark. When selecting a trademark to marry to your brand values and message, it’s important to know where a proposed brand name lands on the continuum of legal protection.
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