Types of Trademarks

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What Do the Different Types of Trademark Symbols Mean? There are two main trademark symbols ™ and ® that promote a piece of int...10 min read

What Are the 7 Main Types of Trademarks? Types of trademarks include 7 main categories: generic mark, descriptive...7 min read

Trademark vs. Copyright A trademark and a copyright are types of property protection that afford...9 min read

Types of Trademarks

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What Are The Different Trademark Classes? United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) classes help keep trac...9 min read
What Are the 7 Main Types of Trademarks? Types of trademarks include 7 main categories: generic mark, descriptive...7 min read
Trademark Symbol vs. Registered Symbol Trademark symbol is used for a logo, name, phrase, word, or design that ...8 min read

Trademark vs. Copyright A trademark and a copyright are types of property protection that afford...9 min read
Trademark vs. Patent Trademarks protect a symbol, name, word, logo, or design used to represe...8 min read
Trademark vs. Service Mark A trademark offers protection for a symbol, logo, phrase, word, design, ...8 min read
Trademark vs. Brand Your brand represents your reputation and business in the public eye a t...11 min read
Trademark vs. Logo A trademark protects a slogan, phrase, word, company name, logo, or desi...7 min read
Trademark vs. Trade Name A trademark legally protects a logo, slogan, or other element that affil...7 min read

Trademark vs. Trade Dress Trademarks offer protection for a logo, symbol, phrase, word, name, or d...8 min read
How Much Does a Trademark Cost? Trademark cost refers to the fees involved with registering for a federa...9 min read
What Are the Fees for a Trademark? Trademark Fees are the costs to legally register a trademark. Knowing th...4 min read
Why Are Unregistered Trademarks Important? An unregistered trademark is a logo, graphic, image, or word that has no...4 min read
What Are the Trademark International Classes? Trademark International Classes categorize the different ways that a tra...8 min read
When Should You Use an Intent to Use Trademark? An intent to use trademark application is a company's intent to use befo...5 min read
What Can Be Trademarked? Things that can be trademarked include a phrase, word, symbol, device, o...6 min read
What Does a Trademark Protect? A trademark protects a good or service offered by a company from infring...6 min read

Definitions

Trademark Symbol There are two main trademark symbols ™ and ® that promote a piece of int...10 min read
Service Mark A service mark is a designation that indicates the provider of a service...6 min read
Trade Dress Trade dress covers all elements that make up the overall image of a prod...16 min read
Collective Mark A collective mark is a trademark used by members of a collective to indi...6 min read
Community Trademark A Community Trademark is a registered trademark that protects your brand...7 min read
Common Law Trademark A common law trademark is a type of infringement protection for intellec...9 min read

Generic Trademark Generic trademarks are common terms used to name products or services, f...6 min read
Descriptive Trademark A descriptive trademark identifies one or more characteristics of a prod...7 min read
Fanciful Trademark Fanciful trademarks are made-up terms invented just to funcation as a tr...6 min read
Arbitrary Trademark An arbitrary trademark is a word or image that already exists, but it ha...5 min read
Suggestive Trademark A suggestive trademark is a distinctive, mark which does not describe a ...9 min read

General Trademark Information

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Beginners Guide on How to Do a Trademark Search Learn how to do a trademark search so others don't already own a tradema...6 min read
How to Easily Register Your Trademark The main purpose of federal trademark registration is to offer as much p...11 min read
How to Trademark a Name: 6 Simple Steps to Complete Trademarking the name of your company with 6 easy steps is a simple way ...6 min read

How to Check the Status of Your Trademark The Trademark Status check allows applicants and registrants to check th...5 min read
What Are the Different Trademark Classes? United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) classes help keep trac...9 min read
How to Determine Trademark Infringement Trademark infringement is the unauthorized and illegal use of a trademar...6 min read
How to Trademark Clothing Trademark clothing is when a designer's name or fashion company is inext...7 min read
Trademark vs. Copyright A trademark and a copyright are types of property protection that afford...9 min read
Examples of Trademarks There are many different types of trademarks. They can be combined in va...4 min read
How Much Does a Trademark Cost? Trademark cost refers to the fees involved with registering for a federa...9 min read
What Are the Fees for a Trademark? Trademark Fees are the costs to legally register a trademark. Knowing th...4 min read
How Do You Protect Your Trademark? Trademark protection refers to safeguarding intellectual property rights...11 min read
What is the Trademark Renewal Process? A trademark retains its legal status for 10 years. Trademark renewal ext...10 min read
What Are the 7 Main Types of Trademarks? Types of trademarks include 7 main categories: generic mark, descriptive...7 min read
What Does Trademark Dilution Mean? Trademark dilution is a legal clause that allows a company to prevent ot...4 min read
How Long Do Trademarks Last? Federal Trademarks last 10 years, as long as you file a statement (calle...7 min read
How to File a Trademark Trademarks help protect a symbol, logo, phrase, domain name, design, or ...11 min read
Trademark Symbol vs. Registered Symbol Trademark symbol is used for a logo, name, phrase, word, or design that ...8 min read
Why Are Unregistered Trademarks Important? An unregistered trademark is a logo, graphic, image, or word that has no...4 min read
What Are the Trademark International Classes? Trademark International Classes categorize the different ways that a tra...8 min read
What Are the Rules for Using Trademarks? Trademark rules established by the government dictate the proper usage o...11 min read
Trademark vs. Patent Trademarks protect a symbol, name, word, logo, or design used to represe...8 min read
When Should You Use an Intent to Use Trademark? An intent to use trademark application is a company's intent to use befo...5 min read
Examples of Service Marks A service mark can be a phrase, a logo, a graphic, a name, or other mark...5 min read
Examples of Cybersquatting Cybersquatting examples show Cybersquatting (a.k.a. domain squatting) is...10 min read
How to License a Trademark Trademark licensing is a type of merchandise agreement. The licensor rec...13 min read
Trademark vs. Service Mark A trademark offers protection for a symbol, logo, phrase, word, design, ...8 min read
What Can Be Trademarked? Things that can be trademarked include a phrase, word, symbol, device, o...6 min read
How Much Does It Cost to Trademark a Phrase The fee to trademark a phrase starts at $275. If you need an attorney's ...7 min read
What Does Trademark Abandonment Mean? Trademark abandonment questions the validity of a trademark. Trademark a...5 min read
When Does a Trademark Expire? Though trademarks are valid for 10 years, there are multiple requirement...3 min read
How to File a Trademark Statement of Use A Statement of Use is an official form used by the United States Patent ...9 min read

What Does a Trademark Protect? A trademark protects a good or service offered by a company from infring...6 min read
What Does It Mean to Have an Incontestable Trademark? Incontestable trademarks are immune from being challenged, must not have...8 min read
Trademark a Name Cost Trademarking a name with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) co...7 min read
What Colors Can Be Trademarked? Brands can trademark a color in certain situations. Trademark colors are...4 min read
Why You Should Trademark Your Domain Name To protect your brand from infringement, you may want to trademark your ...4 min read
How to Trademark Your Goods and Services Trademarking your brand in along with your goods and services gives you ...10 min read
What Does Trademark Pending Mean? Trademark pending means a trademark is in review. You can use (TM, SM) n...7 min read
What Are the Requirements for a Trademark? Trademark requirements include details such as contact information and p...10 min read
How to File a State Trademark A state trademark allows business' to register marks at the state level ...13 min read
What to Do When Someone Counterfeits Your Trademark Trademark counterfeiting is when an established trademark is put on a pr...12 min read
How to Do a Trademark Search Learn how to do a trademark search so others don't already own a tradema...6 min read
How to Choose a Trademark Specimen Trademark specimen is a sample of how the company and holders use the ma...5 min read
What is The Purpose of a Trademark? A trademark is a symbol, slogan, design, word or combination of elements...8 min read
How to Protect Your Trade Dress Trade dress describes a product or packaging's look and feel. While trad...5 min read
How to Determine Trademark Distinctiveness Trademark distinctiveness refers to the features of a registered design ...3 min read
Trademark vs. Brand Your brand represents your reputation and business in the public eye a t...11 min read
How to Register Your Service Mark A service mark registration is for businesses that provide services, and...9 min read
Trademark a Logo Cost Trademarking a logo through U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) cos...9 min read
4 Types of Trademark Infringement Defenses A trademark infringement defense is the legal case brought by a defendan...6 min read
How Much Does a Trademark Lawyer Cost A trademark lawyer costs around $1,000-$2,000 for the general trademark ...16 min read
How to Maintain Your Trademark Trademark maintenance consists of five elements: renewal, cautionary not...8 min read
Trademark vs. Logo A trademark protects a slogan, phrase, word, company name, logo, or desi...7 min read
Trademark vs. Trade Name A trademark legally protects a logo, slogan, or other element that affil...7 min read
When Do You Need Permission to Use a Logo? You need permission to use a logo unless used for editorial or informati...7 min read
Why File a Section 8 Trademark Declaration? A Section 8 Trademark Declaration is a statement made to the USPTO that ...6 min read
Trademark Checklist for Filing and Maintaining a Trademark A trademark checklist starts with developing a trademark. Then, you need...6 min read
How to Write or Respond to a Trademark Cease and Desist A trademark cease and desist letter asks a third party to stop using a t...10 min read
How to Test to Determine Trademark Infringement The Trademark Infringement Test determines the likelihood of people conf...5 min read
Trademark vs. Trade Dress Trademarks offer protection for a logo, symbol, phrase, word, name, or d...8 min read
What Is the Trademark Cancellation Process? Trademark cancellation is the legal process of removing a registered tra...8 min read
How to Get Permission to Use a Trademark Trademark permission, also called licensing, allows others to use a trad...8 min read
Can You Use Trademarked Keywords in Keyword Advertising? Keyword advertising trademark infringement occurs when online search eng...8 min read

Defintiions

Trademark Symbol There are two main trademark symbols ™ and ® that promote a piece of int...10 min read
Cybersquatting Cybersquatting involves buying website domains, especially those of well...7 min read
Lanham Act The Lanham Act created a national trademark registration system. Enacted...8 min read
Service Mark A service mark is a designation that indicates the provider of a service...6 min read
Madrid Protocol The Madrid Protocol is a treaty that gives U.S.-based corporations a wor...7 min read
Trade Dress Trade dress covers all elements that make up the overall image of a prod...16 min read
Trademark Trial And Appeal Board The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board is the administrative arm of the Un...6 min read
Collective Mark A collective mark is a trademark used by members of a collective to indi...6 min read
Community Trademark A Community Trademark is a registered trademark that protects your brand...7 min read
Common Law Trademark A common law trademark is a type of infringement protection for intellec...9 min read
Generic Trademark Generic trademarks are common terms used to name products or services, f...6 min read
Likelihood Of Confusion Likelihood of confusion is a part of a proving trademark infringement. I...7 min read

Descriptive Trademark A descriptive trademark identifies one or more characteristics of a prod...7 min read
Supplemental Register The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Supplemental Register is ...5 min read
Trademark Class 9 Trademark Class 9 classifies trademarks in nautical, scientific, surveyi...11 min read
Trademark Class 25 Trademark Class 25 includes most types of clothing, footwear, and headge...10 min read
Trademark Class 35 Trademark Class 35 includes advertising and business services like adver...11 min read
Trademark Class 41 Class 41 is one of the 45 classes used by the United States Patent and T...6 min read
Trademark Class 42 Trademark Class 42 is a trademark class used by the United States Patent...6 min read
Trademark Disclaimer A trademark disclaimer is a statement placed in a trademark application ...3 min read
Dead Trademark A dead trademark is a trademark that was once registered or applied for ...7 min read
Fanciful Trademark Fanciful trademarks are made-up terms invented just to funcation as a tr...6 min read
Arbitrary Trademark An arbitrary trademark is a word or image that already exists, but it ha...5 min read
Suggestive Trademark A suggestive trademark is a distinctive, mark which does not describe a ...9 min read

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