Articles, tagged with "patent and trademark office", page 2
24th January 2011
How much is a business name worth? It could be worth millions of dollars. And, if you're a performer who is in the public eye then you should seriously consider trademarking your name as soon as possible. That's because you want to secure the rights to...
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Author:
Wendy Moyer
21st January 2011
The availability of a name depends on whether the identical or a confusingly similar name has already been registered. Or, in some jurisdictions, used by another party on the same or similar products. It is therefore necessary, before adopting a name, to ...
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Author:
Colleen Davis
20th January 2011
There is a system for filing an exclusive trademark application that will bear effect in multiple countries around the world. This system is named The Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Regarding the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Pro...
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Author:
Deepak K Malhotra
20th January 2011
A trademark can be expressed by word, a logo, or both. A word mark more often than not provides stronger protection if it is separately competent of being registered. Logo marks are as a rule simplier to register but lend less protection. If your trademar...
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Author:
Deepak K Malhotra
20th January 2011
Prior to adopting a new-found trademark, trademark searching ought to be performed. In reality, a list of various alternative possibilities should be established. A quick online inquiry can be presented to remove some of the alternatives from the list, be...
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Author:
Deepak K Malhotra
20th January 2011
The United States has a form of patent application called a Provisional Application for Patent (PAP). A number of people feel that these are an trouble-free and economical way to acquire a filing date and some patent rights, but they are as a rule uninfo...
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Author:
Deepak K Malhotra
20th January 2011
Before now, patent law was not commonly used to defend software related inventions.
Throughout the evolution of patent law, case law destroyed the worth of copyright protection. In addition to the statement that copyright defence does not prevent agains...
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Author:
Deepak K Malhotra
19th January 2011
Patent laws are formed to protect inventors. They are a set of exclusive rights given to an inventor for a fixed period of time; in return the inventor must reveal his invention. Procedures for granting patents depend on different countries.
A patent b...
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Author:
pady opton
10th January 2011
Lanham Act lets you file a trademark application even before you start adopting and using your product or service name in commerce, on the ground that you plan to begin applying and using the trade mark within 6 months starting from the moment of the appr...
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Author:
Ownyourtrademark
20th December 2010
It's pretty easy to apply for and to obtain a copyright for things that are borne of an artistic nature. For example, films, music, fiction, poetry, scripts, sculpture, etc, are all relatively easy to copyright.
You can also obtain a copyright for var...
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Author:
Wendy Moyer
17th December 2010
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded a patent for his design of the telephone. There were many people who were credited with the invention of the telephone, such as Thomas Edison, Elisha Gray and Antonio Meucci, but it was Alexander Graham Bell who ...
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Author:
Isla Campbell
29th November 2010
If you are willing to become a trademark lawyer, you have to know that a trademark lawyer is the one who specializes in trademark law.
A trademark lawyer not only provide legal advice in trademark matter; filing applications to register trademark; hand...
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Author:
Tauqeer Ul Hassan
26th November 2010
There exist several small business owners that seek Trademark Registration to ensure that no one else can profit on their name or logo. However, these small business owners are not well-acquainted with the process of trademark registration. To address thi...
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Author:
Indianlegal Consultants
04th November 2010
Allover the world people are always coming up with different ways of creating income to sustain business growth at any given time; sometimes they invent or come up with revolutionary products that change the whole business world. If you have any idea that...
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Author:
Law Marketing
03rd August 2010
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) says that your trademark will protect your symbols and words from those of other manufacturers or sellers and that they denote your service or product's source if it meets certain criteria.
So, if y...
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Author:
Wendy Moyer