Make Sure You List The Correct Goods Or Services In Your Trademark ApplicationTrademark Services | Trademark Services
As basic as it may sound, it is important to correctly identify (1) whether you are providing a good or a service under your trademark and (2) accurately identify the good or service you are providing under your trademark. Good are products while services are activities performed for someone else. The difference is not always […]
A Clear Drawing of the Trademark Must Be Provided With the ApplicationTrademark Services | Trademark Services
A §1 or §44 applicant must submit “a clear drawing of the mark” to receive a filing date, except in applications for registration of sound, scent, and other non-visual marks. A separate drawing page (or digital image of a separate drawing page in an application filed through the Trademark Electronic Application System (“TEAS”)) is not […]
The Difference Between First Use Anywhere and First Use In Commerce In Trademark ApplicationsTrademark Services | Trademark Services
When you file a use based trademark or later file an amendment to allege use for an intent to use trademark, you will need to provide the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) with two dates: (1) date of first use anywhere and (2) date of first use in commerce. The date of first use […]
Application Serial Numbers of TrademarksTrademark Services | Trademark Services
Each trademark application filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is assigned an eight-digit serial number comprised of a two-digit series code and six additional numbers assigned by order of filing within the series code. To ensure that a communication is correctly routed within the USPTO, trademark applicants must include the entire […]
What Is A Special Form Trademark?Trademark Services | Trademark Services
In short, a special form trademark is any trademark that is not a standard character trademark. A special form trademark typically has a design or logo, some particulary style of lttering, or color. If you are electronically filing a special form trademark, you must submit your trademark in .jpg format and there should be little […]
Assignment of Intent to Use Trademark ApplicationsTrademark Services | Trademark Services
A trademark applicant cannot assign an intent-to-use application before the applicant files an allegation of use (i.e., either an amendment to allege use under 15 U.S.C. §1051(c) or a statement of use under 15 U.S.C. §1051(d)), except to a successor to the applicant’s business, or portion of the business to which the mark pertains, if […]
What is a Standard Character Trademark?Trademark Services | Trademark Services
A standard character trademark is a trademark that consists solely of words, letters, or numbers. It has no design, no stlization, all the ltters and words are in Latin characters, all numbers are in Roman or Arabic numerals, and only common punctuation is included. You can see the standard character seet at http://teas.uspto.gov/standardCharacterSet.html. A standard character […]
Should I Check the Status of my Trademark Application? | Trademark Services
It is amazing how often people file to register a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and then never check the status of the application. They figure that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will contact them if needed. But what if there is a problem and correspondence is lost or the trademark […]
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Deploys Trademark Document Retrieval (TDR) 2.0Trademark Services | Trademark Services
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Document Retrieval (TDR) system allows users to download the contents of a trademark application’s file. According to a Notice posted on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s website yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is planning on rolling out its new Trademark Document Retrieval (TDR) 2.0 system […]
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What is trade dress? Trade dress generally refers to two aspects of a product: (1) the total image of a product, which can include features such as a products size, shape, color, texture, and graphics and (2) the products packaging or labeling. Trade dress can function as a trademark and, therefore, can receive similar protection […]