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[Video] Webinar | Trademark Scams: Protecting Your Brand Online

JD Supra Law

Scammers are using increasingly sophisticated methods to perpetrate phishing schemes, often posing convincingly as legitimate brands to hook their victims. At the same time, scams in which bad actors impersonate trademark offices to extort bogus fees or offer sham registrations are on the rise.

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Webinar Recap: Trademark Lessons Learned in 2023

LexBlog IP

We presented a webinar last week entitled How to Win Your Next Trademark Battle: Lessons Learned in 2023 to give brand owners and their lawyers an overview of key takeaways from last year’s trademark cases. The TMA’s expungement and reexamination proceedings should not be overlooked when attacking prior registrations.

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USPTO Trademark Webinars for Small Businesses

Above the Fold

Throughout this summer, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is offering its series of virtual webinars dubbed “Trademark Basics Boot Camp.” Registration for the upcoming modules listed below, as well as access to other past and future modules, is available here. July 20: Module 7: Keeping your registration alive.

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USPTO Trademark Webinars for Small Businesses

LexBlog IP

Throughout this summer, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is offering its series of virtual webinars dubbed “Trademark Basics Boot Camp.” Registration for the upcoming modules listed below, as well as access to other past and future modules, is available here. August 3: Module 1: Fundamentals.

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The Threat of Trademark Erosion

Corsearch

One of the greatest challenges of trademark practice is that brand owners can sometimes view trademark watching as a ‘nice to have’ rather than the essential practice that it is. Over time, a number of applications for trademarks that may be similar to yours in varying degrees might be successful in achieving registration.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

Image: flickr.com Katfood SMEs and Chinese market opportunities webinar 4IP council is organising a webinar session titled "SMEs and patent holdouts: how European SMEs fight back", dedicated to European SMEs and startups interested in the opportunity that the Chinese market can bring to their businesses.

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How to Protect a Book Title

Erik K Pelton

The title of a book is basically exempt from trademark protection because it’s part of creative expression, and books in general are protected by copyright and copyright registration. Multiple people could write a book with the same title. Maybe it’s a blog or a website in general. You can find it at buildingaboldbrand.com.

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