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

Patent Trademark Blog

How will a design mark application be compared to a word mark registration? To register a trademark containing numbers and/or letters, a trademark application may typically be filed for the word mark (standard characters) or the design mark (e.g., The relative strength of the wording can also be a factor.

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How To Avoid Trademark Confusion

Patent Trademark Blog

What are similar trademarks? Maybe it’s just me, but it sure seems like the USPTO has become more aggressive in refusing registration of trademarks. The reason has to do with registrations of similar marks. Will a logo or graphic design help to avoid trademark confusion? Be careful.

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What is the “Supplemental Trademark Register”?

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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

Startups can protect both the source code and object code through copyright registration. Additionally, copyrights can also extend to website content, graphic designs, logos, videos, and other digital assets.

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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

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Whether you’re interested in trademark screening, searching, clearance, registration, or watching, refer to this glossary of key terms to help you in your day-to-day role. Absolute grounds for refusal of registration are factors within the individual trademark in isolation which hinder registration.

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Can You Trademark an NFT?

LexBlog IP

music, video, art, writing) that are part of a collection to register because the source is identifiable. If you want to protect your NFT’s IP as an original work of authorship, consider filing for copyright registration. Trademark Act Sections 1, 2, and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§ Trademark names vary in strength.