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Brand Names
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Professional Services Industry Legal Blog
Can Two Restaurants in Different States Use the Same Name Without Conflict?
The territorial limits of trademark rights are an issue faced in every industry, but few industries face this issue more acutely than the restaurant and hospitality industry due to the…
Blockchain Report
Venable Brings Trademark Law Intelligence to Its New Naming Service
Venable's elite Trademark Prosecution and Counseling Group recently announced the launch of its Wellbrand service, an innovative naming solution that leverages the firm's trademark-law intelligence to accelerate the process of…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
Clearing and Protecting the use of Brand Names, Logos, and Domain Names before Creating Value in…
By Louis Lehot
Clearing and Protecting the use of Brand Names, Logos, and Domain Names before Creating Value in ThemBy Louis Lehot at L2 CounselThe ability of a company to obtain robust and defensible trademarks…
The IP Edge
Trademark Guidance: Selecting Your Business Name, Logo and Tagline
Choosing a name, logo, and/or tagline for your business can be a very emotional decision. You may spend hours brainstorming and getting opinions from others; changing your mind multiple times…
Marks, Works, and Secrets
Hashtag Is Not Enough to Save Another will.i.am Trademark Application
By Ira S. Sacks, Rachel B. Rudensky
William Adams is a musical performer who is more famously known by his stage name, will.i.am. A recent ruling from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and…
DuetsBlog
Who’s the PATRÓN Anyway?
By Steve Baird®
PATRÓN (meaning "boss" or "landlord" in Spanish) is a pretty famous brand name of tequila (federally-registered since 1993), and don't forget this gem from the archives: In my experience, PATRÓN is…
DuetsBlog
How Many Ways Can a Trademark Be, Cool?
By Steve Baird®
To the extent you're also all about brands and trademarks, and you imagine a trademark story with each brand you might encounter, I suppose there are an infinite number of…
Re:Marks on Trademark and Copyright
GENERATING LIFE SCIENCES BRAND NAMES: 5 KEY TIPS
By DLA Piper
BY VIRGINIA WOLK MARINO In the challenging and complex world of life sciences product development, choosing a brand that survives the US Patent and Trademark Office and US Food and…
DuetsBlog
A Smörgåsbord of Standard Characters
-Wes Anderson, Attorney Strolling around the Mall of America last weekend, I was surprised not only by the rather low weekend crowds (everyone must have retreated to their respective lake…
DuetsBlog
A Naked Attempt at Trademark Association
- John Reinan, a Minneapolis journalist and recovering marketer When news broke a couple months ago that the “gentlemen’s club” Spearmint Rhino would be opening a downtown Minneapolis branch on…