Category: Trademark Registration

Trademarks, copyrights, and patents protect different types of intellectual property. Here’s a plain-language breakdown of what each covers and how to use them.

Trademark registration provides legal advantages that unregistered marks can’t match. Here’s a clear explanation of why businesses should invest in federal trademark registration.

Virtual reality raises unsettled legal questions around IP, privacy, defamation, and personal injury. Here’s a breakdown of the key legal issues facing VR developers.

Part two of our Semiconductor Chip Protection Act series covers how chip designers register and enforce mask work rights. Here’s how protection works in practice.

Part one of our SCPA series introduces the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act and explains what it protects, who qualifies, and why it matters for chip companies.

Receiving a trademark opposition notice requires prompt action. Here’s what the first steps are, what deadlines apply, and how to mount an effective response.

Scammers send fraudulent invoices to new trademark registrants pretending to be official USPTO notices. Here’s how to spot trademark mail fraud and protect your registration.

Trademark opposition proceedings allow third parties to challenge pending registrations. Here’s what defenses are available to applicants facing an opposition.

Third parties can oppose a trademark application on multiple grounds including likelihood of confusion and descriptiveness. Here’s what those grounds are and how they work.

A Michigan court addressed a novel issue involving cybersquatting and bad faith domain registration. Here’s what the ruling means for domain name dispute resolution.