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Whack-a-Mole Continues: Latest Attempts to Slap Down Trademark Scammers

By Erika S. Koster on August 15, 2017

Trademark professionals often warn our clients to be skeptical when they receive official seeming bills or notices offering pricey and unneeded trademark related services. These scams have been around for…
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Posted in Brand Protection, General Advertising Industry News & Updates

What Do Trademark Symbols Symbolize?

By Erika S. Koster on May 30, 2017

The short answer is that ™ is supposed to mean someone just thinks something is a trademark. ® is supposed to mean that a government trademarking authority has agreed that…
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Posted in General Advertising Industry News & Updates, Trademarks

US TMs: Use ’em or Lose ’em

By Erika S. Koster on March 7, 2017

In the United States, unlike overseas, you get a lot of legal protection right away simply by coming up with a brand name and USING it to sell goods and…
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Posted in Trademark Registration, Trademarks

Con Artists Roll Out The Red Carpet To Trademark Owners

By Erika S. Koster on January 23, 2017

Registering your brand name as a trademark domestically or internationally can be a long, confusing process involving obscure governmental agencies requiring various fees at seemingly random intervals. Some of these…
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Posted in Brand Protection, General Advertising Industry News & Updates, Trademark Registration, Trademarks

Marijuana Will Soon be Legal in Half of the United States But Not Trademarkland

By Erika S. Koster on November 11, 2016

This week eight of the nine states voting on the issue said yes to cannabis decriminalization but the USPTO continues to say no.

Trademarkland takes a hard line against drugs,…
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Step Carefully To Avoid Fraud in Trademark Land

By Erika S. Koster on October 2, 2016

It makes complete sense that a brand owner shouldn’t be able to lie to the Trademark Office when it tried to register its brand name as a trademark. Let there…
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