Category: Trademark Law

Trade dress that isn’t inherently distinctive can still be protected if it has acquired secondary meaning. Here’s how to establish secondary meaning and what evidence courts require.

A website’s visual design and layout can qualify for trade dress protection if it’s distinctive. Here’s how trade dress law applies to websites and how to protect your site’s look.

Trade dress protection covers the visual appearance of products and packaging that identifies your brand. Here’s how to obtain and enforce trade dress rights under trademark law.

Registering a trademark is just the beginning. Here are three important steps trademark owners must take to maintain, monitor, and enforce their registered trademark rights.

Concurrent use agreements allow two parties to use similar trademarks in different geographic territories. Here’s how these agreements work and when they’re the right solution.

Trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings are fought at the TTAB. Here’s a step-by-step breakdown of the procedure from filing a notice through trial and decision.

Trademark oppositions and cancellations can be filed on multiple legal grounds. Here’s an overview of the most common grounds used to challenge trademark applications and registrations.

A trademark opposition lets third parties challenge a pending trademark application before it registers. Here’s how the opposition process works at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

The TTAB is the administrative tribunal that handles trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings. Here’s how the board works, what it decides, and how to appear before it.

Filing a trademark before launching a product protects your brand and secures your priority date. Here’s why trademarks should be filed early and how intent to use applications help.