Trademarks

Trademark Squatters Causing Issues for Expanding Companies

Many companies attempting to enter the Chinese market quickly reach a roadblock due to trademark “squatters.” These individuals target thriving brands in other countries and register them as a trademark in China. When these companies then expand to China, they ...

How to Establish the Commercial Identity of Your Arizona Business

In households around the world company names like Wal-Mart and Apple are commonly known and discussed in relation to what the company distributes and markets. A company name is important for the establishment of advertising and the foundation of a ...

The Different Types of Trademarks

If your reading this you probably have an interest in Trademarks and have a general sense of what one is, but for those of you who don’t know, a trademark is a distinctive word, phrase, logo, symbol , slogan or ...

What are Royalties and How Do I Get Them?

Royalties are the monies paid to an inventor or creator every time their creation is sold or used. Royalties can be collected in any type of industry: print royalties, mechanical royalties, music royalties, and patent and trademark royalties. The money ...

Trademark Opposition: What You Need to Know

A trademark opposition is a legal challenge to the right to register a particular trademark, which is instituted by filing a notice of opposition with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Board). The notice of opposition must be filed within ...

Do I Need to Patent, Copyright, or Trademark My Idea?

As Thomas Edison said, “to invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” Intellectual property has been a major catalyst of progress for American society and economics. Current intellectual property law originated out of the early patent ...