Written by Technological advancement in the 21st century is truly a marvel of human ingenuity and occurs at such a rapid rate that often times new technologies are outdated before any sort of intellectual property rights can even be granted to their respective owners. Barring the unfortunate instances when this occurs, protecting these technologies sooner rather [...]
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office Posts Warning Regarding Non-USPTO Solicitations
Written by The United States Patent and Trademark Office has posted a public warning regarding non-USPTO Solicitations that resemble Official USPTO Communications. The warning can be found here, and is also shown below. Be aware that private companies not associated with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) often use trademark application and registration information from the USPTO’s databases to mail [...]
READ MORE »Trademark Bully: Opportunistic Letter Senders Get Sued
reprinted by permission from Benjamin Ashurov at www.TrademarkBully.com In what many professionals in the trademark field consider to have been long overdue, a lawsuit has been filed against USA Trademark Enterprises, Inc. of Sarasota, Florida. USA Trademark Enterprises is one of numerous companies that use publicly available U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) information to solicit [...]
READ MORE »Google’s Schemer, or Meevine’s?
On Thursday, December 8, 2011, Google Inc. launched a new service called SchemerTM, which has slowly been building up some speed in the blogosphere; however, there are some interesting things to be noted about this new service from a trademark perspective. Schemer itself appears to be a sort of Foursquare® meets your typical Sunday paper [...]
READ MORE »Don’t Feed the Sharks! | Trademark Watch Spam
There is no greater feeling of reassurance for a business owner than that of the United States government legitimizing their claim to use a name in commerce. A federally registered trademark is often the key to expanding your business nationally, a critical step to becoming a major player in the global economy. It is exactly [...]
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