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Be the Master of Your Domain
A new client recently engaged our firm to handle an increasingly common problem: someone had registered a domain name that was almost identical to the client’s own website. The only difference between the client’s domain and the fake site was an “S” in the domain name, making it plural rather than singular. The imposter site used the name of the client’s business and featured...Foreign Trademarks Must Be Registered in the U.S. to Be Enforceable Here
Unlike copyrights or patents, trademarks operate under a country-by-country legal regime. The legal force of a registered trademark evaporates when crossing a border to a nation where it is not registered. Without a registration in a country, a foreign trademark owner generally has no effective rights in that country, except for weaker common law rights that derive from actual trademark use. While European...Beware of Trademark “Registration” Scams
As a trademark attorney, my clients often contact me about some solicitation that the client received in the mail, suggesting that they pay a hefty sum to have their trademark registered on some for-profit trademark list. These entities have lofty sounding names like the Patent and Trademark Institute, Intellectual Property Register Services, ITR, World Trademark Registry and Trademark Compliance Center, but they...Trademark, Service Mark — What’s the Difference?
“It makes no difference, night or day. The shadow never seems to fade away.” — The Band A potential client recently asked how is a service mark different from a trademark? This is a common question we receive. A trademark is anything that is used to identify the source of goods or services. Trademarks can consist of words, slogans, designs (logos), sounds or even scents. Prominent...Beware of International Trademark Scams
You file a trademark application for your business. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office registers your trademark. Shortly after you receive your certificate of registration you receive a sort-of official looking letter from some organization offering to register your trademark “internationally” for a hefty fee. This organization has some combination of words including “international”,...
Since Michael D. Steger started practicing law in 1993, he has sought to help solve his clients’ problems and expand their business opportunities. Whether in business transactions, litigation and other disputes, or counseling behind the scenes, he has focused on providing value to the individuals, companies and other entities that he has served. Mr. Steger founded the firm in 2005.
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