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How can a design mark be distinguishable and registrable over a word mark?

Patent Trademark Blog

A highly stylized design mark can be an exception to the general rule of wording taking primary significance. For example, a design mark may consist of a logo having cartoon characters or prominent graphic design elements. The relative strength of the wording can also be a factor.

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How To Avoid Trademark Confusion

Patent Trademark Blog

If you have already been using a mark and do not want to transition to a new one, a search can enable your trademark attorney to craft your application to minimize overlap with any arguably similar marks. Will a logo or graphic design help to avoid trademark confusion?

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What is the “Supplemental Trademark Register”?

LexBlog IP

On the other hand, the other register at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the Principal Register. This article will compare each register, and explain the usefulness of each. What is a Supplemental Register Trademark? Supplemental vs Principal Register Comparison Table.

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What are the intellectual property rights for startups?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Additionally, copyrights can also extend to website content, graphic designs, logos, videos, and other digital assets. This may include patent applications with patent offices or registering trademarks and copyrights with relevant authorities.

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How to Handle a Trademark Rejection: File a Design Patent Instead?

Patent Trademark Blog

Trademarks, therefore, are two-dimensional in most cases. Design patents, however, are typically three-dimensional. Unless you’re dealing with a GUI or a two-dimensional graphic design on a product, a typical design patent would cover the three-dimensional of a physical product.

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Trademark Glossary of Terms

Corsearch

Who is a trademark applicant? Anyone who applies for a registered trademark. In the interest of clarity, the Corsearch website always uses mark in this sense and trademark only to denote the scope of the trademark right as a whole, namely consisting of the mark and a list of goods and services.

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Can You Trademark an NFT?

LexBlog IP

” As explained above, trademark applications for a single work of authorship are refused eligibility on the trademark register. Trademark Act Sections 1, 2, and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§ The stronger the trademark, the more likely that the USPTO will grant registration on the higher, the Principal Register.