A logo or brand printed on a shirt or baseball cap might not be a trademark. The use of a brand in that way could be considered just a decoration, or "merely ornamental." The trademark is usually on a tag sewn into the article of clothing, or on a hangtag where one would also find the price. If you only have your brand name on the front of the shirt or hat, but not on a tag, you will likely receive a rejection from the USPTO.
Read MoreGood Clean Love, Inc., a woman’s sexual health company, filed a Trademark infringement law suit against Gwyneth Paltrow’s health and beauty company, Goop, claiming that Goop is using a confusingly similar tagline for their sexual health products, “Good. Clean. Goop.”
Read MoreOpenAI received a final rejection from the US Trademark Office for their ChatGPT trademark application. The Office deemed the trademark "merely descriptive" because both “chat” and “GPT” (or "Generative Pretrained Transformer") merely describe “a feature, function, or characteristic" of the goods or services offered.
Read MoreTimberland is asking the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals for trademark protection over their iconic boot, not just the name or logo of the company, but the boot itself! Here is a brief summary. Full article coming soon.
Read MoreA Los Angeles jury has sided with tattoo artist of reality TV fame, Kat von D in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by photographer Jeffrey Sedlik, after she tattooed a photo of Miles Davis onto her friend’s arm.
Read MoreFederal Judge issues another Order against Plaintiff and Stemer Law’s own Sarah Stemer is quoted in Law360 article.
Read MoreThe News outlet is suing these makers of AI for using their copyrighted material to produce content and train the language models.
Read MoreDepending on a trademark’s strength, it might not be protectable. Take a quick look at these rules before you pick a name for your brand.
Read More“filing a complaint with copy-paste complaint allegations and then robo-filing them is pretty much the definition of what a troll does."
Read MoreAdidas filed an Opposition against BLM’s logo. Here is my quick opinion on what lessons trademark owners and their practitioners we learn from it.
Read MoreAn easy-to-read listical highlighting a number of reasons to file an application for registration of a trademark in the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Read MoreAn interesting case out of Japan sheds light on why trademark examination can sometimes look different from an infringement law suit.
Read MoreA quick look at the different Trademark designations, what they mean and how to use them.
Read MoreApplying for a trademark Registration to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is more involved than many first-time applicants think. Here is a summary of what to expect.
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