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How to get a Record Label Trademark A prospect came into my office today asking us to trademark his Record Label. Some considerations to think about: What services are you offering your customers? Is there physical content CD or just digital content? Are you: marketing, promotion and advertising for independent recording artists providing non-downloadable prerecorded music via a website providing [...]
Let’s talk about protecting a new clothing line or a new t-shirt brand - Trademark my T-shirt. I get calls into Inventor Start Kit and Grell & Watson IP firm from entrepreneurs wanting to protect & brand their new apparel , clothing, or garment. Here are some IP tips: T, P, C 1- A Trademark is [...]
Trademark Specimen showing use. Trademark Specimen showing use of the Mark to identify your goods/services must be submitted with a trademark application. The specimen must show the Mark as filed and identify the goods/services specified in the application, such as packaging, labels, menu, webpage. Likely a picture of your product with a tag or label [...]
Can you trademark a descriptive term that describes the product or service? General Rule-No. To be refused registration on the Principal Register, a mark must be merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of the goods or services to which it relates. A mark is considered merely descriptive if it describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose, [...]
Can I trademark the Color applied to my Goods? Can I trademark Color selected for my product, service? For example John Deere has trademarked the distinct shade of Green for their farm equipment line and Coke has trademarked the distinct shade of Red for its cola products. These colors are a crucial branding or product identifier [...]
Can I Trademark my Band Name or Artist Name? Yes you can trademark your Band Name or Artist Name under certain circumstances. If you are using a particular word, graphic, phrase or slogan of Band Name or Artist Name, you can trademark it to prevent any other artist form using it without your permission. For example, [...]
Can a geographical or location term be a trademark? If the geographic term is not a separable element or if none of the additional matter that makes up the composite mark is inherently distinctive (e.g., it is merely descriptive or incapable), then the examining attorney must refuse registration of the entire mark on the Principal Register [...]
Can I trademark an Acronym? Yes provided the wording it stands for is not descriptive of the product or service. As a general rule, an acronym or initialism cannot be considered descriptive unless the wording it stands for is merely descriptive of the goods or services, and the acronym or initialism is readily understood by relevant [...]
Can I trademark a book title? General rule is No for a single work. The title, or a portion of a title, of a single creative work (such as a book) must be refused registration under §§1, 2, and 45 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1051, 1052, and 1127, unless the title has been used [...]
Can I Trademark my Name? Can I trademark my name? Yes you can trademark your Name under certain circumstances. If you are using a particular word, graphic, phrase or slogan on a Name, you can trademark it to prevent any other manufacturers from using it without your permission. For example, the mark “Tim Tebow” is a [...]