Category: Trademark

A Notice of Allowance means your intent-to-use trademark application has been approved, pending proof of use. Here’s what to do after receiving one.

Trademarks, patents, and copyrights protect different types of intellectual property. Here’s a plain-language breakdown of each and when your business needs them.

TTAB proceedings are complex administrative trials that require careful preparation. Here are tips for handling USPTO trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings.

You can trademark a phrase or slogan if consumers see it as a brand. Learn how failure-to-function and ornamental refusals work, why short phrases cannot be copyrighted, what registration costs, and how the rules apply to band names and sayings.

When the USPTO publishes a trademark for opposition, third parties have 30 days to challenge it. Here’s what this stage means and how to respond.

Federal trademark registration pays dividends in brand protection, enforcement, and business value. Here are the top five reasons to register your mark today.

The first sale doctrine limits trademark and copyright owners’ control over goods after an authorized sale. Here’s how it works and when it applies.

What the USPTO accepts as a trademark specimen for goods and services, the rules for web page and altered specimens, ornamental refusals, and how to respond to a specimen refusal.

The Federal Trademark Dilution Act protects famous marks from uses that blur or tarnish them, even without consumer confusion. Here’s what businesses need to know.

Defamation includes both libel (written) and slander (spoken). Here’s a complete guide to what defamation means, how to prove it, and your legal options.