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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Blue Ivy Carter found herself the subject of trademark applications to register name, almost from the day she was born. The only problem was, Beyonce and Jay-Z were busy, so their lawyers intervened.
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You just awoke to find your domain name has been hijacked and your website is down, your site replaced by ads for sexual performance enhancing products. Your domain is now owned by an individual in Thailand with a phony name and address.
Or, perhaps you operate a successful on line business in the U.S. and learn someone in Australia has copied your entire site, and launched an Australian version of the site as their own, using your trademark in the domain but with an .au ending?
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Who wants to go to the expense and time to file for a federal trademark registration for a new brand name and then get rejected? As many as 70% of all trademark filings are initially rejected, with the Examining Lawyer at the USPTO issuing an Office Action refusing registration. Some Office Actions are scary, complicated, and require expert trademark counsel.
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Need international trademark registration? The Brandaide international trademark attorney network offers local expertise for global business.
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There are many businesses now who do not have a physical location at all. They’re strictly an Internet business. They sell only by internet. Then the question becomes what constitutes the actual proper use that qualifies for a federal trademark when you’re just on the Internet?
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With over 620 (and counting) gTLD’s approved for launch by ICANN you need to know this. If you own a brand that matters, it’s time to register with the Trademark Clearinghouse . . .
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Should a startup register a trademark? How does one actually acquire trademark rights. . .?
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Why are Pepsi and Apple are good trademarks? Bill and Cheryl discuss why & what you can learn . . .
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How does one hire a real expert lawyer for brand protection? The wrong choice can be costly. . .
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