Category: Trademark

An incontestable trademark status under the Lanham Act limits the grounds on which a mark can be challenged. Here’s what grounds still allow cancellation of an incontestable mark.

Social media offers businesses powerful marketing tools but creates legal risks around IP, defamation, and FTC compliance. Here’s what companies need to know before posting.

Revision Legal’s Chicago trademark attorneys help Illinois businesses register and protect their trademarks in federal court and at the USPTO. Contact us for a consultation.

First use in commerce establishes trademark priority for unregistered marks. Here’s what counts as use in commerce, how to document it, and why it matters for trademark rights.

Holograms can be trademarked when they function as source identifiers, but the requirements are unique. Here are practice tips for successfully registering a hologram trademark.

A trademark can be cancelled if it has become generic through widespread use. Here’s how to petition for cancellation of a generic trademark and what evidence the TTAB requires.

Trademarking your brand makes it easier to reclaim your Instagram username from infringers. Here’s how to register a trademark and use it to protect your social media handles.

Defendants in trademark infringement cases have several affirmative defenses available. Here’s an overview of the most common defenses, from fair use to laches to acquiescence.

Nominative use allows referencing another’s trademark to describe their product. Here’s how courts distinguish protected nominative use from infringing uses across different circuits.

The M22 trademark dispute between a Michigan brand and the State of Michigan attracted national attention. Here’s the background on how the M22 brand was built and defended.