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Trademarks
 

If you have a name, slogan or logo you want to protect, please fill out this questionaire

 
  • A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others.
  • A service mark is the same as a trademark, except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than a product.

 

Having a federal trademark registration on the Principal Register provides several advantages, such as,

  • constructive notice to the public of the registrant's claim of ownership of the mark;
  • a legal presumption of the registrant's ownership of the mark and the registrant's exclusive right to use the mark nationwide on or in connection with the goods and/or services listed in the registration;
  • the ability to bring an action concerning the mark in federal court;
  • the use of the U.S registration as a basis to obtain registration in foreign countries; and
  • the ability to file the U.S. registration with the U.S. Customs Service to prevent importation of infringing foreign goods.

Trademarks Services


• Counseling on the uses of trademark protection
• Counseling on selection of a trademark mark
• Performing trademark searches
• Preparing trademark applications
• Prosecuting trademark applications at the USPTO
• Maintaining trademarks after registration
• Performing audits to ensure intellectual property is adequately protected by trademarks

For more information see the USPTO website http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/basic/