Found on the web: http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/trademarks/a/trademarkeb.htm Your trademark is the most important asset your business will ever own. A good trademark will distinguish you from the competition and help you stand out in a crowd. A poor trademark will entangle you in legal disputes and blunt your marketing efforts. Selecting a good trademark is as simple as … Continue reading How to Select a Good Trademark
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The tips to create a ‘good’ trade mark before its adoption are: - Make it distinctive and unusual for the goods/services concerned. Try inventing a word - Be bold, clever and playful with the brand. Stand out - Don’t limit yourself to a brand specific to your current field. Think long term - Avoid overly … Continue reading Quick tips for a ‘good’ trademark
Courtesy: http://wpa-pinfold.co.uk/what-if-someone-trademarked-christmas/ To trademark Christmas would be something akin to ‘The Grinch Who Stole Christmas’ – unthinkable? Well think again. There are 126 UK and EU trademark registrations that include Christmas in their names (at the last count), including the Spirit of Christmas, registered to Heatons, Dublin. And there is worse, Christmas is owned by … Continue reading What if someone trademarked Christmas…
It's Funky Friday, everyone! Time for another laugh.... The Singing Fish At some point, just about everyone has seen an animatronic fish like Big Mouth Billy Bass, Boogie Bass or Rocky Rainbow Trout. Whether from we heard it sing from a wall, a grocery store shelf or a white elephant gift box, we have … Continue reading Weird inventions that made millions #5
...time for a smile. The Plastic Wishbone Documentaries make a big deal about how great inventors perceive opportunities that others do not, but sometimes there's a good reason those opportunities elude our vision: They're ridiculous. Who would have guessed that the world was waiting for a revolutionary advance in plastic wishbone technology? Ken Ahroni, … Continue reading It’s Funky Friday, everyone…weird invention #6
Registering a trade mark is a pivotal step for a small businessRob White, of Avidity IP, gives some examples of good and bad trade marks and how to secure a good one. http://www.smallbusiness.co.uk/running-a-business/legal-advice/2373618/branding-and-business-how-to-pick-a-good-trade-mark.thtml ‘Brands’ are hugely valuable business assets that form the commercial identity of your company, product or service and will include trade marks … Continue reading Good and Bad Trademarks
When deciding on your trademark, please keep the following in mind: Your trademark has to serve the purpose of distinguishing your goods or services from that of another trader. It must be unique and distinctive. New or made up words are generally stronger and easier to register e.g. Coca-Cola Your trademark cannot include specially protected … Continue reading From the archives: Guidelines when deciding on a new trademark
Charlotte Blakey 29 May 2014 from http://ipcopy.wordpress.com/2014/05/29/black-and-white-trade-marks-change-in-ohimipo-practice/ writes the following: Previously, it was common practice to file for a trade mark in black and white, or grey scale, in order to obtain the broadest protection possible. It was accepted that a mark registered in black and white would allow the proprietor to use the mark in … Continue reading Black and White Trademarks vs Colour Trademarks
It's Funky Friday, everyone! Here's some more inspiration for you inventors... The Koosh Ball Chains of paperclips, balls of rubber bands and piles of Post-it notes scattered throughout schools and workplaces everywhere silently attest that fidgety boredom, not necessity, is the mother of invention. Sometimes, though, the mother of invention … Continue reading Weird inventions that made millions – #7
When trying to come up with your new brand name or trademark, you will probably start hitting your head against the proverbial wall. It’s not that easy to come up with a catchy, original name and just when you think you’ve nailed it, you find out someone else is using it already. You need not … Continue reading What is a trademark – guidelines
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