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Trademark: an identifiable mark on a product that may be a symbol, words, or both, that connects the product to the trader or producer of that product. In the United Kingdom,...; Trademark definition on BNET »

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Filing for a Trademark: A trademark is a distinctive word, phrase, symbol, or design used to make goods and services immediately recognizable by consumers; it implies a consistent level of quality or service. Companies use trademarks to differentiate their products and services from those of their competitors. This article looks at restrictions on what...; Tags: brand, trademark, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, intellectual property, domain name; Articles 2007-05-08
Internet Marketing Legal Issues : Meta-tags: Legitimate meta-tag use will continue to play a growing and more significant role in marketing a publisher's books by enabling web surfers to more easily find the publisher's website and information on a particular title, but it is also likely that the deceptive use of trademarks, trade names and names...; Tags: Trademark, Internet Marketing, Xcellent Marketing, Marketing Research, Internet, Web Site Development, Marketing; White papers 1999-01-01
What's In A Name? (And How To Protect It): Most of us are probably familiar with trademarks- a company's brand for its products. A service mark is a trademark that brands a source of services. Here, the term "trademark" applies to both trademarks and service marks, because generally the rules are the same. However, a trademark must be unique...; Tags: Trademark, Nesis & Nesis, Branding, Marketing; White papers 2003-01-01
The Strategic Use of Trademarks: Virtually nothing has been written on the use of trademarks as a strategy of appropriability. This paper investigates this topic in an exploratory manner, arguing that trademarks are not only important in their own right in industries where quality and status matter, but also supplement other strategies, such as patents...; Tags: Trademark, Copenhagen Business School, Strategy, Domain Names, Management, Internet; White papers 2005-03-10
Assignment Of Trademark: Assign a trademark registered in the United States from the holder to another party with this easy-to-use assignment of trademark. The party assigning the mark assignor agrees not to do anything that will be detrimental to the validity of the trademark following the transfer of the trademark into the name...; Tags: Trademark, Party; Tools & templates 2007-12-01

Wallstrip: Collective Brands Inc. (PSS): Momma always said there's an awful lot you could tell about a person by their shoes. Collective Brands Inc. PSS; Tags: Collective Brands Inc., julie alexandria, wallstrip, stocks, investing, collective, brands, payless, shoe, trademark; Videos 2008-09-26
IP - See It, Hear It, Just Don't Touch It | BTalk Australia: Cadbury Limited is trying to protect various shades of the colour Purple, claiming that it's part of their own "intellectual property". Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie asks Peter Willimott, Director of Marketing and Customer Engagement at IP Australia, what sort of IP assets you can protect and how exposed...; Tags: Trademark, Business, IP, Intellectual Property, Branding, Network Technology, Networking, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Phil Dobbie; Blog posts 2008-06-09
Adidas Used Trademarks It Didn't Own in Boston Celtics Campaign, Suit Claims: Adidas and the NBA's lawyers ignored listed trademarks and copyrights before launching their "We Not Me" basketball campaign video below, if a lawsuit filed in federal court in Texas is to be believed. by Jim Edwards; Tags: Trademark, Adidas AG, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jim Edwards; Blog posts 2009-10-06

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Trademark Law: Trademark law is a sub-part of the larger body of law called unfair competition. Trademark law is designed to protect businesses from others who would misappropriate the business's reputation or identity. The broadest use of Trademark refers to the area of law and practice of trademarks and protection of trademarks....; Tags: Law; White papers 2003-01-01
Conducting a Trademark Search FAQ: What's Below: Why do I need to conduct a trademark search? Should local businesses care what trademark someone else in another part of the country is using? Can I do my own trademark search? How can I use the Internet for my trademark search? What...; Tags: INTERNET, search, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Research articles 2004-09-15
The Sale of Trademarked Inventory in Bankruptcy: Pitfalls for Trademark Owners: In the information age and in the destabilization of the dot-com market, intellectual property assets represent an increasingly important aspect of loan transactions and insolvency proceedings. Frequently, a lender will hold a security interest in its borrower's inventory, some or all of which may have been produced pursuant to license....; Tags: Lender, Borrower, Bankruptcy, Litigation, Personal Finance, Security, Business Operations; White papers 2003-01-01
Comparative Advertising On The Internet: Defining The Boundaries Of Trademark Fair Use For Internet Metatags And Trigger Ads: This article examines the implications of the use of a competitor's trademark as a website metatag or trigger advertisement. It discusses the technological background of metatags and will examine the various contexts in which metatags and trigger ads have been used. It discusses the relationship between trademark law and metatags...; Tags: Metatag, Advertisement, Internet; White papers 2001-10-01
International Trademark Association Hails Passage of Implementing Legislation for Trademark Law Treaty by the U.S. Congress: A Significant Breakthrough in International Commerce: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 12, 1998--The International Trademark Association INTA commends the U.S. Congress on passage of Trademark Law Treaty TLT implementing legislation (S.2193), which significantly simplifies the trademark registration process, harmonizes trademark application requirements and administrative procedures. The passage of this bill comes on the heels of the ratification of...; Tags: U.S. Congress; Research articles 1998-10-12
Trademark Dilution: Federal State and International Law. (Books and References: Trademark).: Trademark Dilution: Federal, State and International Law (Nov., '02), from BNA Books (Washington, D.C.), describes and analyzes the range of dilution law, including the 1995 Federal Trademark Dilution Act FTDA, state antidilution laws, and internat Trademark Dilution: Federal, State and International Law (Nov., '02), from...; Tags: Books, dilution; Research articles 2003-03-31
Pernod Ricard has won a U.S. trademark battle which had threatened its Kentucky Bourbon brand Wild Turkey: Pernod Ricard has won a U.S. trademark battle which had threatened its Kentucky Bourbon brand Wild Turkey. A recent decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied the application of Dutch company Stichting Lodestar to register the trademark 'Wile Geese' for alcoholic...; Tags: Austin, beverage, brand, Branding, Manufacturing, MARKETING, U.S., U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Research articles 2006-05-01
Browse a Trademark Database Before Naming Your New Company: Entrepreneurs and business owners need to be aware of potential trademark conflicts before selecting the name of a new business. That is why BizFilings offers Trademark ExplorerTM , a free tool for businesses to identify potential trademark conflicts. "When forming a new corporation or Limited Liability...; Tags: Branding, database, E-mail, FINANCE, MARKETING, PRODUCTIVITY; Research articles 2006-07-20
Pacific Sands' EcoOne(R) Logo Receives Trademark Registration With U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.: M2 PRESSWIRE-24 August 2006-U.S. Equity News: Pacific Sands' EcoOneR Logo Receives Trademark Registration With U.S. Patent and Trademark OfficeC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24082006 City of Industry, CA - Pacific Sands, Inc. (OTCBB: PFSD) is pleased to announce that its EcoOne logo...; Tags: FINANCE, financial, SALES, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Research articles 2006-08-24
TradersNation.com gets approval of trademark from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.: M2 PRESSWIRE-28 November 2003-Financial Relations Inc: TradersNation.com gets approval of trademark from the United States Patent and Trademark OfficeC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11282003 PHOENIX, AZ -- TradersNation.com, known to be the home of the largest syndicated "live" radio talk show for...; Tags: FINANCE, financial, Investment, MARKETING, Phoenix Technologies, radio, stock, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Research articles 2003-11-28
BEYOND CONFUSION: REEXAMINING TRADEMARK LAW'S GOALS IN THE WORLD OF ONLINE ADVERTISING: INTRODUCTION Trademark law has its roots in the common law of deceit.1 Trademarks emerged as "identifier [s] of the particular source of particular goods,"2 functioning to inform, not deceive, the public. Preventing confusion has therefore been the core policy underlying trademark law since its inception.3 Given the origin of trademark...; Tags: advertisement, metatag, SEARCH, Technology, U.S. Congress, WhenU; Research articles 2007-10-01
Microsoft appears certain to win 'Windows' trademark. (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rules in favor of Microsoft Corp.): Microsoft Corp.'s four-year campaign to win trademark status for its popular "Windows" operating system appears to be finally paying off. Competitors once argued that "windows" was a generic term and giving Microsoft a trademark would unfairly add to its market dominance. Early last...; Tags: Construction, Microsoft Corp., SOFTWARE, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, window; Research articles 1994-09-05