Trademark Law
Trademarks are recognizable signs, designs, or expressions distinctive of your products or services. This type of Intellectual Property should be treated as physical property: you can create, register, sell, license it, pass it on to your heirs, etc.
Many times, TRADEMARKS ARE THE COMPANY’S MOST VALUABLE ASSET, since a brand many times brings reactions on consumers such as the feeling of prestige, trust, quality, etc. Think about all the well-known brands and all the feelings and ideas they create for consumers. Read our blog about a famous brand here.
Protecting a brand through the trademark process is not only for big, multinational corporations. There is an incredible value in small business creating brands and protecting them through trademarks. Moreover, business owners must avoid possible disputes for trademark infringement. Trademark registration provides legal standing for such disputes.
Our Trademark Services:
- Trademark Filing
- Trademark Renewal
- Trademark Modification
- Trademarks in Mexico, Central America, Europe, Africa and Asia
- Cease and Desist Letters to Infringers
- Communications with USPTO
FROM BRANDING TO TRADEMARK
Many confuse brands with trademarks. The distiction can be summarized like this: Creating brands is a marketing process. Trademark registration provides legal protection backed in the USA by the venerable USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office).
Also, some confuse patents with trademarks. Patents are unique inventions while trademarks are the names, designs, sounds graphics, or slogans that make your product distinct from the competition. An invention is the cell phone while the brand is Google Pixel Phone, IPhone, etc.
Creating a brand does not warrant ownership. Only brand registration at the federal level protect your brand, name, logo or slogan against claims. Therefore, investing in trademark registration is a smart move for all with these intangible assets. Even equally important is the selection of a competent trademark attorney that can guide you in the process.
Attorney Marcos Has Filed Thousands of Trademarks
Attorney Marcos E. Garciaacosta can assist you in the early stages of creating a trademark for a product or service, including in-depth research.
Marcos has experience filing thousands of trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and internationally in different jurisdictions such as Mexico, the European Union, etc.
He can answer any office actions issued by The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Additionally, you can reach us to renew, modify and fix any existing trademark.
Attorney Marcos can also monitor the trademark and defend it from trademark infringers. From cease and desist communications to litigation, our firm can assist you to protect your valuable assets.
Trademark News
Who owns Pink Floyd?
Thank you Bhavini Mistry for your contribution.Pink Floyd, the iconic rock band of the 70s, went through an immense legal battle divorce between the band members. Roger Waters, one of the founding members, was known as the creative essence of the band writing the...
The Science Guy versus Mickey
Thank you Bhavini Mistry for your contribution with this article.In August 2017 Bill Nye had enough an decided to sue Disney for suppressing twenty-eight million dollars of profits for which he earned when he hosted the show, “Bill Nye the Science...
Trademarks Across Borders: US and Mexico fight over FLANAX drug
Since 2015, Bayer AG, the iconic German chemical powerhouse, has been battling a trademark lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court against a drug company, Belmora LLC, over a foreign brand FLANAX being distributed in the United States. “Flanax” was...
The Perils of Using Your Name as a Brand
Thank you Bhavini Mistry for her contribution with this article.What is all the fuss? In 2014 the California-based surfer brand O’Neill sent a “#ceaseanddesist” letter to Thaddeus O’Neil, a designer from Long Island who sells similar...
Who Owns The Beatles?
Another contribution of Bhavini Mistry.Earlier this year, Sir Paul McCartney from The Beatles filed a copyright lawsuit against famous music publishing company, Sony/ATV, in order to regain possession of his own songs. This is a complicated legal battle that...