TRADEMARK REGISTRATION

When a trademark is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). It requires that the mark is used in commerce and is the successful result of filing a registration application. Placing the trademark registration symbol (TM) is highly suggested although not required. … [Read more...] about TRADEMARK REGISTRATION

A trademark that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) for a federal trademark, with the state for a state trademark or may have been acquired under common law. … [Read more...] about TRADEMARK OWNERSHIP

A trademark includes any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination used, or intended to be used, in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others, and to indicate the source of the goods. In short, a trademark is a brand name. A service mark is any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination, … [Read more...] about TRADEMARK OR SERVICE MARK

The encroachment upon the rights of the holder of a trademark. … [Read more...] about TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT

A distinctive mark, motto, device, or emblem, which a manufacturer stamps, prints, or otherwise aflxes to the goods he produces, so that they may be Identified in the market, and their origin be vouched for. See Trade-Mark Oases, 100 U. B. 87, 25 L. Ed. 550; Moorman v. Hoge, 17 Fed. Cas. 715; Soils Cigar Co. v. Pozo, 16 Colo. 888, 26 Pac 556, 25 Am. St. Rep. 279; State V. … [Read more...] about TRADE-MARK