Category: Trademark

Utility, design, and plant patents protect different types of inventions. Here’s a plain-English overview of the different types of patents and what each one protects.

Registering a trademark with the USPTO involves multiple steps from filing to publication to registration. Here’s a clear overview of the entire trademark registration process.

Trademark registrations can be cancelled at the TTAB on various grounds. Here’s an overview of the most common legal grounds for trademark cancellation and how the process works.

Employees who steal trade secrets, client lists, or proprietary information create serious legal exposure. Here’s how to protect your intellectual property from employee misappropriation.

Patent filing costs for startups have decreased and options like micro-entity status reduce fees further. Here’s why startup patent applications are more affordable than most think.

The Madrid Protocol allows brand owners to file international trademark applications in multiple countries with a single filing. Here’s how the process works and who should use it.

Effectively managing an IP portfolio requires tracking registration deadlines, renewals, and enforcement priorities. Here’s how businesses should organize and protect their IP assets.

An IP audit inventories and evaluates a company’s intellectual property assets. Here’s what an IP audit covers, why businesses need them, and what the process involves.

Startups need an IP strategy from day one to protect their innovations and competitive advantages. Here’s how to build an effective intellectual property strategy for a new company.

The State of Michigan was found to lack standing to oppose the M22 trademark registration. Here’s what the TTAB’s ruling means for government challenges to private trademarks.