Intellectual Property Protection, Logos, Trademark Application

Protect Your Nonprofit's Mission with Smart Trademark Strategies

Venable LLP on 2/26/2025

Your nonprofit's name, logo, and slogans are more than just branding—they're valuable assets that should be protected and strengthened. Taking the right trademark steps can prevent legal issues, maintain your brand's...more

Baker's Trademark Developments of 2024

Baker Donelson on 9/18/2024

2024 has been a busy year in all intellectual property. It has been especially busy in trademark law. Here are the top seven cases in trademark law to date....more

New Utah NHL Team Takes Shot-Pass With Nine Intent-to-Use Trademark Applications

Butler Snow LLP on 5/7/2024

Though the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are in full swing, a lot of off-ice activity is happening as a result of the sale of the Arizona Coyotes to Utah Jazz owners Ryan and Ashley Smith’s Smith Entertainment Group. Most hockey...more

Should I get a Trademark for my Brand or Business?

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 3/3/2023

A trademark can be any word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination of these features that helps differentiate your goods or services from others. Businesses should consider seeking trademark registrations to protect their...more

The Ohio State University Wins the War

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 6/24/2022

By now, news has broken about The Ohio State University and its official registration of a trademark for the word “THE”. This comes after a nearly three-year battle to clinch legal branding access to a word that’s deeply...more

In Defense of Ohio State's Application to Register THE as a Trademark

Foley Hoag LLP - Making Your Mark on 8/15/2019

The picture you see is of a shirt from my husband’s closet – a gift I gave him a few years ago. He is a big Ohio State Buckeyes fan, and this is sort of an inside joke for OSU football fans. The word THE superimposed on the...more

Refresh Your Logo While Keeping Your Old U.S. Trademark Registration

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/5/2019

We are tickled pink when we get to work with trademark registrations that issued before we were born. (We won’t say when that was.) It’s nifty to be the steward of a trademark that has stood the test of time and that may...more

Trademarks and Community Associations: Maintaining Your Community's Brand

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 10/8/2018

Your community association ("Association") probably invests substantial resources in protecting and maintaining its green spaces, facilities, and other common elements. But what about its good name? If your community is of...more

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority Pays a Big Toll for Pizza

Akerman LLP - Marks, Works & Secrets on 5/30/2018

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority (“NJTA”) was forced to pay a big toll when the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”), dismissed its opposition to a pizza restaurant’s...more

TTAB Guidance on Disclaimers and Acquired Distinctiveness: “Furniture Warehouse” Must Be Disclaimed, But “American” Need Not

Akerman LLP - Marks, Works & Secrets on 5/4/2018

In a precedential decision, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB” or the “Board”) affirmed a refusal to register the logo...more

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