Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The following is an excerpt from my book, Building a Bold Brand. Showing others that you are protecting the blog name makes it a stronger brand and enhances its legal protections. To protect the investment of time, energy, and money in the blog, blog owners should strongly consider the tips above, including trademark registration.

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DuetsBlog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Hotels, Ice Cream, and Shoes as Canvases for Great Brands. . Seth Godin has written about how Nike is a great brand because we can imagine what a Nike hotel would look like. . Speaking of ice cream, Ben & Jerry’s is another great brand , like Nike. . How about another test of brand strength? . Registration No.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Searching for trademark conflicts is one of the most important things about the practice and protection of trademarks and brands. “TESS search” means a search of the USPTO database, their records that contain all of the existing registrations, all of the pending applications.

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IP Spotlight

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Each year, IP Spotlight analyzes this report and, and we update our readers who often ask: how long does it take for a patent or trademark registration to grant? The number of active certificates of trademark registration increased by 5.7% The average time from filing to first action was 14.7 Average total pendency was 9.5 million.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

JULY 9, 2020

In addition to making history in the remote-work era, this case caught the attention of trademark lawyers and some mainstream media ; after all, it concerns a relatively well-known brand and the intriguing question of genericness. Yes, Booking.com can now obtain a federal trademark registration and can use the ® symbol with its mark.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 10, 2020

This is important because that’s the scope of protection granted by the registration when one issues. Because protecting just the words will cover all fonts and styles and designs for those words also has bigger ramifications for social media, domain names, Amazon brand registry.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 31, 2020

Say you’re a realtor or an attorney and the business card makes some reference to the actual nature of the work, as well as the trademark of the brand name that would generally be acceptable. It could sometimes include a business card if it references the service. appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

MARCH 26, 2020

Canada’s new government filing fees are: $330 for the first class of goods and/or services; and $100 for each additional class of goods and/or services NO “USE” REQUIREMENT: Under the new Act, trademark owners are no longer required to use their trademarks in Canada in order to obtain a registration.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

On the one hand, one could try to argue—they wouldn’t convince me—that it’s an easy form to apply for a trademark registration, because it’s just putting in a bunch of data into a form that you click ‘Submit’ on. and I’ve written a book called Building a Bold Brand. There are many steps to the form.

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IP Whiteboard

JULY 8, 2020

The Supreme Court provided a detailed analysis on what makes a trade mark eligible for registration. Prime among the conditions for registration, the mark must be one “by which the goods of the applicant may be distinguished from the goods of others.” com” are capable of registration. trademark – a new trend?

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Trademark protection is available for cannabis companies (canna-brands) through a combination of federal, state, and common law sources. Federal trademark registration is the strongest form of protection, as it is nationwide in scope and gives potential infringers constructive notice by virtue of being published in the Trademark Register.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Trademark registration is another available tool cannabis businesses should employ to protect their brand. Businesses should also be aware that Health Canada has strict regulations surrounding the packaging design for cannabis products.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The following is an excerpt from my book, Building a Bold Brand. Believe it or not, I even had to face changing my brand name early on as a result of receiving a cease and desist letter! Small businesses are just as capable of creating and building great brands as big businesses are. Celebrity endorsements. Board of directors.

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IP Whiteboard

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The Disputed Numbers were associated with the Manly Cabs brand, with some featuring as part of the livery of Manly Cabs’ taxis. In the Panel’s view, the Complainant was not using the smartnumbers as names or brands. In 0800 Flowers Limited, Phonenames Limited v. 0800 Blossoms Ltd. WIPO Case No. The post What’s in a number?

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DuetsBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

above-door signage , wondering if Applebee’s ever has attempted to seek federal registration. for registration, considering it merely informational and incapable as a trademark. signage and other brand messaging to a nostalgic and feel-good tune from the mid-70s , I thought, just maybe, Welcome Back! as a signal of its brand?

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DuetsBlog

MAY 4, 2020

Another example where thinking long-term and serially is key is in protecting descriptive and non-traditional marks, where registration on the Supplemental Register is possible first, to be followed by registration on the Principal Register, often five years or more later, after building a record of acquired distinctiveness.

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Patentably Defined

APRIL 28, 2020

Your brand is valuable. After all, your brand is WHO you are, WHAT you do, and WHY you do it. Remember – people are loyal to brands, not products. They are the foundation of every successful brand. The single best way to protect your brand is with a Federal trademark. They Make Protecting Your Brand Easier.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

Most of these trademark filings are long-abandoned, a field of virtual, sun-bleached bones that should serve as warnings to opportunistic would-be brand owners with their eyes on “trending” terms related to public crises. Of all the marks on this list, this is the one that I feel has the best shot at registration.

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Patentably Defined

APRIL 28, 2020

Your brand matters. After all, your brand is WHO you are, WHA T you do, and WHY you do it. Remember – people are loyal to brands, not products. Trademarks protect brands. They are the foundation of every successful brand. The single best way to do that is with a Federal trademark registration.

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IP Whiteboard

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

BGL and its subsidiaries ( BGL Group ), including Manolo Blahnik, manufacture, distribute and sell luxury shoes and accessories bearing the “MANOLO BLAHNIK” name and brand, which are sold in over 65 countries including Australia. In Australia, Manolo Blahnik owns a number of trade mark registrations including: Reg No. Trade mark.

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