A trademark is a mark, word, design or symbol that is used to identify the original source of a commodity or service. Filing for a trademark is not compulsory and under the Common Law Rules one has the liberty to do marketing of a commodity or service without having got it registered, still, when it[…]
Trademark search refers to any action for the purpose of determining whether a proposed mark is already in use in commerce. The search can be narrow in nature or can be broad enough to include results from every avenue. An appropriate search strategy constitutes of the nature of the mark and the nature of goods[…]
International trademark registrations are of utmost importance to businesses that function globally. In this internet-dependent world, it is hard to find a company that doesn’t wish to be protected while expanding its business too. Hence, each and every company wants their trademark or service mark to be registered internationally. This is done to avoid any[…]
A soon to be emerging start-up often makes a very common mistake unintentionally- deciding upon name and brand of a company. Rather than straightaway registering a brand name just after a decision, business minds behind a budding start-up should carefully conduct a trademark search so as to find out the viability of the name or[…]
What is trademark search? To create a unique and potent brand name or company name, the significant amount of cost is incurred along with time. A mark determined as unique by a particular business might be already in use by any other business or company somewhere in the world. In order to make sure of[…]
Prior to filing a trademark application, a simple question is asked, “Have you conducted a trademark search?” We know that this is the basic question, each company or an agent asks, but the point is that it is highly and equally important to know that your trademark is not confusingly similar to the other exiting[…]
A trademark is or can be a combination of a word, sign, symbol or a graphic which is used by a particular company to make it recognizable in the market. A mark associated with a particular service is referred to as the service mark. On the other hand, a Trademark holds true for both marks[…]
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