Registering your trade mark gives you the exclusive right to use your mark for the goods and/or services that it covers in the country where you file. If you have a registered trade mark you can put the ® symbol next to it to warn others against using it. However, using this symbol for a … Continue reading The benefits of trademark registration
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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…
Here are the promised guidelines when applying for non-traditional trademarks: Three-dimensional marks *a single view of the representation of a three-dimensional mark will be accepted, provided it is possible to determine the three-dimensional nature from the single view. *the trademark as advertised must correspond with the trademark as depicted in the application form, i.e. all … Continue reading Applications for non-traditional trademarks