Month: May 2015

Before you go out and buy one of those Trademark for Dummies book and learn how to register a trademark yourself here are a few things to consider.  Your trademark is going to be one of the most valuable business assets.  If you fail to do it correctly, you can put your registration at risk.

How fast and early you register your trademark is legally very important.  Especially if someone is infringing upon your trademark.  The guy with the earlier registration date is going to have a superior position in the lawsuit.

You better know the differences between a service mark and trademark.  The trademark office has lawyers that reviews your trademark applications.  If changes are needed, these tutorial books aren’t going to be able to help you file responses to the examining attorneys objections.

The application require that you select classes that your mark belongs under and if you pick the wrong class, it can render your trademark worthless.  This can also happen if you pick the right class but the description is too limited.

If you seek to register a logo, for example, you better describe it correctly and so now you get the picture.  Trademark registration is not a easy thing to do.  Especially if you have never done it before.  You are better off finding a good trademark attorney in Los Angeles who has experience to get it done right.

Domain name trademark infringement law suits are occurring more and more as companies and businesses are registering their trademarks to protect their company names, logos, services and products.  As this happens more often, these business can now file trademark infringement claims to take the infringing domains from the offending party for starters.

These types of claims can be filed through icann or through a court of law.  In most cases, those who register domains to capitalize on the good will of others are not going to flight these domain trademark cases and will agree to transfer the domains short of a lot of legal cost.

In cases where you need to file a lawsuit its because its a competing business that feels that the have a legitimate claims to the domain name and that it does not violate your trademark.  In these types of situations, this comes down proof that their use of their domain is confuses the general public into thinking that their domain is related to your trademark.