Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Protecting your trademark with a USPTO federal trademark registration gives you nationwide rights. The post Why Restaurants Need Trademark Registration appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. And I have seen this happen with clients. When you put that all together, it’s a great investment for the restaurant.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 20, 2024

The following is an edited transcript of Chapter 8 of my book video Building a Bold Brand: The Trademark Registration Process: A Long and Winding Road The trademark application process at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is generally long, complex, and full of deadlines. Receive a registration certificate.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 27, 2024

The following is an edited transcript of Chapter 9 of my book video Building a Bold Brand: Registration: Better Late than Never Ideally, a business should protect its trademarks from the outset, filing as the brand launches or even earlier based on an intent-to-use the mark. Probably not!

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 11, 2024

Geographically Descriptive Terms: It is important to note that trademarks that include words that are geographically descriptive (like names of cities or countries) will not be eligible for registration if they create the impression that the products or services originating from other places are originating from the mentioned geographical location.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

Last week I indicated in my blog post (“Copyright Registration for AI-assisted Creations: How Much AI Input is Too Much?”) It was a bit of doggerel … Continue reading "Canadian Copyright Registration for my 100 Percent AI-Generated Work"

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 25, 2024

The following is an edited transcript of my video #1 Tip When Applying For Trademark Registration Of all of these tips that I’ve given—probably hundreds over the years—there’s one that is far and away the most important when applying for trademark registration. And it’s simple.

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 16, 2024

The post 25 Benefits of Trademark Registration appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Erik reviews the many perks of having a registered trademark in this podcast. Erik reviews the many perks of having a registered trademark in this podcast.

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Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Registration of a trademark with the USPTO acts like both a smoke detector and a fire extinguisher. The registration works like a detector to help minimize the chances of an infringement situation, and it acts like an extinguisher to help extinguish infringements that arise quicker and easier.

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video State vs. Federal Trademark Registration. However, if you can’t get nationwide registration at the USPTO, then it’s worth considering filing for state registration. That’s where there’s a real benefit to getting state registration.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 27, 2023

The following is an edited transcript of my video What is a Presentation Copy of a Trademark Registration? One of the recent changes at the USPTO in 2022 was the transition to electronic registration certificates. Check the USPTO website on how to order a certified copy of your registration.

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 10, 2023

The following is an edited transcript of my video “The 5 Ws of Copyright Registration” The five Ws: Who, What, When, Where, and Why. I want to apply that to copyright registration Who can register a copyright? What is a copyright registration? A copyright registration is a certificate.

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Erik K Pelton

JUNE 27, 2023

The following is an edited transcript of my video Trademark Registration Provides Double Protection. Trademark registration is such a valuable tool to protect a brand that it actually offers double protection, both before and after an incident occurs, should one happen.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The following is an edited transcript of our video The Importance of International Trademark Registration. The post International Trademark Registration: why and when appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. We are often asked, “Why should I apply to register my trademark in other countries?”

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 14, 2021

“Overall, we found that USPTO’s trademark registration process was not effective in preventing fraudulent or inaccurate registrations. The report issued on August 11, 2021 (OIG-21-033-A) is entitled USPTO Should Improve Controls over Examination of Trademark Filings to Enhance the Integrity of the Trademark Register.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 6, 2021

The following is a transcript of my video Vaccinate Your Brand with Trademark Registration. Trademark registration is like a vaccine to protect your brand from harms and dangers and risks, because when we get vaccinated, we’re boosting our immune system. I actually heard a friend of mine yesterday refer to it as half-cinated.

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Erik K Pelton

MAY 10, 2023

Inspired by the 50th Anniversary of Pink Floyd’s album Dark Side of the Moon and its iconic cover, Erik reflects on how the trademark registration process is much like a prism. The post The Bright Side of a Trademark Registration appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

… Continue reading "Copyright Registration for AI-assisted Creations: How Much AI Input is Too Much?" Dreams of sitting down at the dock with a cold one in hand, watching the sunset while the loons trill in the twilight. That’s what the idyllic image above conveys.

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Likelihood of Confusion

AUGUST 27, 2024

Survey evidence cited by the parties in the case […] The post How important is copyright registration? As a New York Law Journal article (sub. puts it, The Second Circuit’s decision in In re Literary Works substantially limits the use of class actions as a vehicle to settle copyright infringement cases.

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 18, 2022

What is a copyright registration? The post The 5 Ws of Copyright Registration appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. What is a copyright registration? Who can register? When should you register? Where is a copyright registered? And finally, why would you want to register? Learn more in this episode.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The USPTO recently phased out issuing trademark registration certificates on paper to all registrants automatically, and are instead issuing them electronically. I love my registration certifi9cates. If or when you receive a trademark registration now, you can pay a small fee to receive a paper copy from the USPTO.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

What are the differences between a USPTO trademark registration certificate and a presentation copy? Erik explains the differences between electronic, presentation, and paper registration certificates. The post What is a Presentation Copy of a Trademark Registration? appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Erik K Pelton

MAY 31, 2023

The post Calculating Trademark Registration Renewal Dates appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 12, 2024

CHAPTERISATION Chapter One: Effects of non-registration of Partnership Firm It is not required for businesses to register. English law mandates mandatory registration. However, registration is eventually required since Section 69 severely restricts the ability of an unregistered business and its members to bring a lawsuit.

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Cogency Global

MAY 9, 2024

These types of nonprofit organizations come up with many recurring questions, especially as they relate to fundraising and state charitable solicitation registration requirements nationwide. What this is : In the world of nonprofit corporations, much of the focus is on charitable organizations.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MAY 9, 2024

85883551 […] The post Wrong skillset for trademark registration (Best of 2016) appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. In re National Presto Industries, Inc.,

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Trademarks are valuable IP assets, but the manual registration process may seem inefficient with AI revolutionizing this landscape by employing advanced tools, automating key steps from search to examination.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 12, 2024

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) disagreed and found that Chanel failed to produce sufficient evidence to support a finding that Chanel’s No 5 marks were distinctive enough to refuse registration. By: ArentFox Schiff

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 14, 2024

However, if you don’t and are a Canadian (citizen or resident) writer, editor, translator, photographer, illustrator, or narrator who has published a printed, audio or e-book with an ISBN number in the last five … Continue reading "Public Lending Right (PLR) Registration in Canada is Still Open: Enrol if you are Eligible"

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 11, 2024

If the examiner has certain concerns about the registrability of the proposed mark, or overlaps of the mark with any of the existing registered marks, which can possibly create confusion, then, the examiner may publish an office action. Depending on the complexity and the volume of work, it can take several months up to couple of years.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 14, 2023

This week, we reflect on some milestones, including more than 4,000 client trademark registrations at the USPTO and more than 100 five-star reviews on Google. The post EMP&A by the Numbers: 4000 Trademark Registrations appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Against that background, this blog post provides some tentative musings on the impact of text-to-image generators on human artistic creativity by analysing recent US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works. For simplicity, I will label this ‘commercial significant artistic creativity’.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 5, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video When Should I Apply for Trademark Registration? At that time, if the business hasn’t protected the name already, now is the time to do it generally and to file for the registration at that point. The post When Should I Apply for Trademark Registration?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In recent times, the Indian Intellectual Property Office has taken a mission for speedy disposal of all the intellectual property applications and completion of registration procedures. With a view to obtain the patent registration, we completed all the statutory requirements as well as procedures on time.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2024

Copyright Office issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register today offering a new group registration option for frequently updated news websites.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 30, 2022

The post State vs. Federal Trademark Registration appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. When you register your trademark with the USPTO, you get protection in all 50 states. However, there are instances where state trademark protection may make sense. In this episode, Erik clarifies these instances.

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Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

That feeling that our clients get when they receive their trademark registration certificate – pride in their brand, and assurance know that it is protected – I know that feeling firsthand, having received more than 10 trademark registrations for our own EMP&A brands! More Peltonisms® at [link].

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 12, 2022

The USPTO recently announced, via notice in the Federal Register , that it intends to issue electronic trademark registration certificates, and only will print physical certificates upon request and with a small fee ($25 per copy). Benefits of Electronic Registrations. For instance, how will the registrations become more accessible?

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