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
Bill Modernizes Licensing Between Music and Streaming Services
The music industry scored a major victory last week with the help of the current administration, when President Trump signed a long-awaited bill called The Music Modernization Act (H.R. 1551) on Thursday, October 11th, 2018. Surrounded by well know musicians,...
Museum Forces Teahouse to Change its Name Due to Trademark Infringement
The famous Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has won a preliminary injunction in federal court against small teahouse for what it was described as the deliberate use of a similar name and logo in order to confuse the public. Ouch! The Lower East Side...
Aretha Franklin died without a will. Her Intellectual Property is also at stake
Aretha Franklin’s funeral was fit for the Queen she was, complete with four changes of outfits and several public viewings. To express their admiration and gratitude, her fans traveled from faraway places to be close to her in her final tour. The famous interpreter...
Cool/Hot Guys AC: Trademarking Their Service Vehicle
Cool/Hot Guys AC are life savers. The Phoenix metro area company repairs and offers maintenance to air conditioner units, both residential and commercial, in a city that literally puts their ACs to the test. Air conditioners in Arizona work harder than most AC...
Death by Overuse: How brands become generic?
Thank you Bhavini Mistry for your diligent research and writings. Another of her contributions here.Sometime in your life, you have used products as a generic word in a conversation. Some examples would include “Do you have a band-aid”, “Want...