Several trademarks featuring “2017” have already been filed with the USPTO. In fact, a few are already registered. This application has no chance: 2017 CUBS WEPEAT These are already registered  for Promoting tourism in Hopkinsville, Kentucky area for Educational services, namely, conducting seminars in the field of...

Here is another update of recent Erik M. Pelton & Associates client trademark registrations obtained from the public records of the USPTO so readers can see real  examples of brands and marks which are being protected – and the wide range of variety in brand names,...

There are dozens of valuable trademark resources on the web. Here are my top ten:   USPTO Pages TESS search http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe TTABVUE http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/ TSDR (trademark document retrieval) http://tsdr.uspto.gov Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/index.jsp WIPO Madrid System Main page http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/  Fee Calculator  http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/fees/calculator.jsp Trademark news and more: https://twitter.com/search?q=trademark&src=tyah Search Pages...

Here are relatively simple tips for avoiding trademark pitfalls. A failure to follow any one of these steps greatly increases the odds of problems, delays, and/or additional expenses. Choose a name that is creative. In other words, not boring or descriptive or generic. Clear the...

Last weekend the Wall Street Journal published a front page story about competing towns in North Dakota that both claim to be the geographic center of North America. Part of the story relates to trademarks, and a trademark registration that was not renewed, opening the...