August 29, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Intellectual Property / 0 comments
Ohio State University has filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for “THE,” in international class 25 for use on clothing, namely, t-shirts, baseball caps, and hats. Ohio State has frequently, much to the chagrin of anyone who did not attend the university, referred to it as “The Ohio State […]
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Trademarks: What Are They and How Can I Get One?
March 25, 2021 / by Kristy Donahue / Intellectual Property / 0 comments
By registering your trademark, you will enhance the legal protections afforded to your brand. It ensures the public knows the proper and accurate source for your business’s products or services. Trademark law helps your business distinguish itself from the competition and prevents others from confusing your customers. If you plan to expand your business or […]
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The Great Monkey Beer Trademark Dispute
October 1, 2020 / by Kameron Kramer / Intellectual Property / 0 comments
Trademark disputes are common in the craft beer industry. The abundance of craft beers all over the country results in similarly-named breweries and beers quite often. While obtaining a federal trademark is usually a good idea if you are selling and advertising your beer/brewery in more than one state, this abundance of breweries results in […]
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One Man Holds Many Possible Trademarks For The “New” Washington Redskins
July 20, 2020 / by Kameron Kramer / Intellectual Property / 0 comments
The NFL team is changing their name. Will a “Trademark Troll” profit from it? The Washington Redskins announced this week that they will be changing their team name after mounting criticism that the name is offensive to Native Americans. https://abcnews.go.com/US/washington-redskins-change-years-backlash/story?id=71744369 However, one fan has already jumped on trademarking potential options for new team names for […]
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What is TEAS Plus When Filing a Trademark Application?
July 7, 2020 / by Kameron Kramer / Intellectual Property / 0 comments
In the past, we have talked about many different trademark topics. When looking at trademarks themselves, we have discussed the difference between ® and TM. After a trademark has been filed, we have written various blogs about office actions and how to respond to them, including, likelihood of confusions rejections in trademark applications, non-distinct office […]
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Big Trademark Win For Dot-Com Brand Names
July 1, 2020 / by Kameron Kramer / Intellectual Property / 0 comments
New Supreme Court Ruling Is A Victory For Dot-Com. The US Supreme Court just ruled that ‘Booking.com’ can be federally trademarked. The USPTO had rejected the mark ‘Booking.com’ as being a generic term for travel reservation with a simple dot-com attached at the end. A generic trademark is a mark that has become generic and […]
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™ vs. ® – The difference between them.
May 18, 2020 / by Kameron Kramer / Intellectual Property / 2 comments
Next to most logos or brand names, you can find either a ™ or a ®. Obviously, they must have some significance, but what is the difference between the two symbols? First and foremost, the ™ means that the mark is being used as a trademark to denote the source of the goods. It should […]
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OSU’s Confusing Trademark Application
August 29, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Intellectual Property / 0 comments
Ohio State University has filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for “THE,” in international class 25 for use on clothing, namely, t-shirts, baseball caps, and hats. Ohio State has frequently, much to the chagrin of anyone who did not attend the university, referred to it as “The Ohio State […]
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Gain Copyright Protection by Using an Anonymous LLC
August 26, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Intellectual Property / 2 comments
These days, confidentiality is hard to come by. On a personal level, it’s hard to be anonymous even on a weekend vacation with friends when they tag you in pictures on their Instagram feed. In a business context, many filings and registrations are publicly accessible with just a click of a mouse. There are a […]
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Likelihood of Confusion in Trademarks
August 21, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Intellectual Property / 0 comments
For many businesses, brand name protection is one of their most important assets. Brands helps customers identify a particular business as the source of that business’s goods or services. And once consumers find a brand they like, they’re loyal to it. Take Corona, for example. Come Cinco de Mayo every year in the U.S., you […]
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Rolling Forward with Your Food Truck Idea
July 25, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Business Formation / 0 comments
It usually goes something like this: while visiting a friend in Portland, you stopped by one of the city’s 50+ food cart pods the day it wasn’t raining and about midway through your $9 latin-roasted chicken with chimichurri and crispy potatoes so delicious you think it must have been prepared by a Peruvian god, it […]
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