A trademark for your company's product is an important form of intellectual property protection. By claiming a trademark for "Acme Widgets," other companies are restricted from using the same name in ...

When and how to use a trademark symbol depends on whether or not your trademark is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or the USPTO. Although there is a type of trademark symbol that ...

Trademarks can be a valuable asset to any business. Trademarks are the brand names, slogans, and logos that are used to create and build consumer awareness and recognition. When establishing a ...

In Canada, trademark owners may wish to use trademark symbols — i.e., ®, TM, MC and MD — to signify a claimed trademark and ward off competitors. Not all symbols are created equal, however, and it is ...

Though companies often place a high value on protecting their trademarks, some may be missing out on the opportunity to put others on notice of their rights by way of trademark symbols. For in-house ...

Take a moment and pretend you’re a search engine bot – It’s early in the morning. You are enjoying a fresh cup of coffee while reading the latest sitemap. (Yes, drinking coffee. Google Caffeine – a ...

Designers and corporate lawyers aren’t exactly known for seeing eye to eye, especially when it comes to trademark symbols. What a designer might think of as an unnecessary besmirchment of a beautiful ...