Trademark Questions

We have a game that requires players to refer to a list of celebrity and/or cartoon characters by name. The names simply show up in print alone, along with a short, original description of the...

Legal Copyright Trademark

asked Nov 5 '12 at 08:18

Old Mc Stopher
135 points

Say I have a company called Business, and I've been operating under the domain name greatbusiness.com for 2 years. The "tm" symbol is on our logo and elsewhere on our website. Then someone else...

Legal Trademark

asked Oct 4 '12 at 13:52

Nolan
8 points

We have some game development software called Construct 2. We are based in the UK. As far as we are aware, we're the only business with game development software called Construct. We'd like to...

Branding Trademark

asked Oct 15 '12 at 20:08

Tom
480 points

I have a domain name, (lets call it XYZ.com) which I have owned for about an year and a related service that I have been developing for about an year too. I just searched the trademark database,...

Intellectual Property Trademark Domain

asked Sep 23 '12 at 02:06

Royal1122
252 points

Possible Duplicate: Somebody got a trademark for a domain I own. I am planning to launch my service in a week I'm looking to name a startup (LLC) with what I think is a cool name. Upon...

LLC Legal Naming Trademark

asked Sep 27 '12 at 00:13

Dmitri B
3 points

How strong / weak is owning a .com and / or other common domain extensions (.org, .net) as a means of protecting an international trademark? Assuming that the domain name does not infringe upon...

Trademark Domain

asked Sep 9 '12 at 20:58

Josh
11 points

I would like to use the following in the branding for my startup software product. Do I run the risk of being sued by my competitors? Hello. My Family needs , < feature 1 > like <...

Marketing Legal Trademark

asked Aug 24 '12 at 01:42

Letgo123
6 points

I hold many trademarks personally (no business entity involves here). If I launch a company which is independent legal entity, do I need to give trademark rights to company before using it? Or, I...

Getting Started Trademark

asked Aug 29 '12 at 05:12

Sachin Shekhar
260 points

Not sure if this is a silly question but wanted to make sure I dot my i's. Are there any particular legal aspects that need to be considered or finalized before launching the stealth (sign-up)...

Getting Started Legal Trademark Landing Page

asked Aug 9 '12 at 10:22

Anand Patel
6 points

I'm in Germany and would like to register a Trademark in the US. (Just a name, no picture mark) Where do I start and what do I need to consider before register it? Thank you.

Trademark

asked Jul 6 '12 at 21:57

Michael
11 points

I came across Microsoft Surface today, and one tiny detail get me thinking. There is a small "TM" next to the word "Surface", can they do that? Can a common word like surface be trademarked like...

Legal USA Trademark

asked Jun 19 '12 at 17:09

Martin Kristiansen
102 points

I live in Germany. If I register a trademark here and then submit my application into the AppStore, will it be protected? The trademark will be my app's name. I imagine that my competition could...

Apps Trademark

asked Jun 26 '12 at 10:39

Muller
19 points

I already have an LLC, however, It's not the brand name I want to use for my business. Should I do a DBA under that LLC? I would like to apply for a trademark on the brand, so would this structure...

Getting Started Ecommerce Legal Corporate Structure Trademark

asked Jul 3 '12 at 20:43

User18631
16 points

I am currently in the middle of developing for mobile application and website.. Because my app/web are still in development period, I didn't register my mobile application in Google play or iPhone...

Iphone Trademark Android Mobile Apps

asked Jun 9 '12 at 09:47

User948950
8 points

A two part question for my startup: I intend to sell products / stationary (such as letterhead, pencils, pens, etc.) to companies (or divisions of a company). Would it be illegal to create samples...

Logo Trademark

asked Jun 12 '12 at 06:55

Jeff
6 points

I'm incorporating a new c-corp in Delaware with a new co-founder. So, I want to merge the older new york c-corp because it has all my copyrights and trademarks assigned to it. Also, the New York...

Copyright Trademark Corporation

asked Apr 18 '12 at 05:43

Zapoo
303 points

We are about to launch our new B2C startup (based in Germany targetting the German-speaking market first, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland), but hopefully later expanding to English-speaking...

Trademark Name

asked Apr 22 '12 at 22:55

Yoav Aner
318 points

I'm debating whether to use a trademark lawyer (at $1300+ cost) or try it register it myself. The most complicated aspect I can see from the USPTO form is describing your goods/services (in that,...

Trademark

asked Apr 23 '12 at 16:34

William Denniss
106 points

I trademarked and copyrighted the plural form (s) of the company's name. Now, I deleted the "s" from the company's name to go with the singular form. The logo is just cool fonts. Do I have to...

Copyright Trademark

asked Apr 26 '12 at 05:49

Zapoo
303 points

What are the legal differences between using the two characters ™ and ®? Does using ™ imply the trademark isn't registered and therefore can be used by one?

Legal Trademark

asked Apr 6 '12 at 15:09

Ayub
133 points