IP Rights and Trademarks on Amazon or Etsy
Published May 20, 2016The digital marketplace is a wide and wonderful thing. You can have next-day package delivery for goods off Amazon.com, or professional trademark registration services within minutes through FlatFeeTrademark.com. There are countless websites, apps and e-commerce platforms allowing us to peruse and purchase goods or services with just a click or a swipe. If you’re the…
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Intellectual Property Agreements to Protect Your Trademark
Published Apr 05, 2016Flat Fee trademark provides first-rate trademark attorney services to assist entrepreneurs and new business startups with trademark registration to help protect your trademark. In addition to providing our clients with professional trademark search and application services, the trademark attorneys at Flat Fee Trademark are also well-versed in preparing a wide range of Intellectual Property Agreements…
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Make 2016 Your Best Brand Year Yet!
Published Feb 10, 2016Welcome to 2016! We hope your new year is off to a great start. It’s February now, so hopefully you’ve sloughed off the post-holiday blues that come in January and are ready to get down to business! The start of a new year is a great time to look at your business with fresh eyes…
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Top 10 Flat Fee Registered Trademarks 2015
Published Feb 04, 2016We’re excited to announce our fourth annual list of Top 10 Flat Fee Registered Trademarks for 2015. We had so many excellent brands registered this year, it was hard to narrow it down to just 10! Thank you to all of our valued clients, friends and supporters who nominated brands for this year’s list. In…
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Liverpool Tries to Trademark Jurgen Klopp’s ‘THE NORMAL ONE’ Nickname
Published Jan 12, 2016Liverpool have applied for a European trademark for the phrase ‘the Normal One’ in honours of manager Jurgen Klopp. Klopp dubbed himself ‘the Normal One’ after being compared to ‘the Special One’ Jose Mourinho after completing his move to Liverpool. It became a trending phrase and has been used on banners and t-shirts around Anfield…
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Happy Monday!
Published Jan 11, 2016It’s almost everyone’s least favorite day of the week, but let’s be happy today, and thankful that we have work to do! So what are you waiting for? Get to it!
USPTO Power Outage Affects Trademark Filings
Published Dec 24, 2015The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) experienced a major power outage on Wednesday, December 22. According to the USPTO website, the outage resulted “in damaged equipment that required the subsequent shutdown of many of [its] online and IT systems. This includes … filing, searching, and payment systems, as well as the systems … examiners…
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Happy Holidays From The Trademark Attorneys at Minott Gore & FlatFee Trademark!
Published Dec 22, 2015How to Maintain Your Active Trademark Registration
Published Dec 14, 2015USPTO Trademark Renewal Filings Once you’ve taken the important step of seeking and obtaining federal trademark registration for your brand name, logo or slogan, it’s equally important that you continue to maintain active registration status with timely trademark renewal filings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). A federal trademark registration is valid…
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Federal Trademark Protection For Marijuana Business Brand Names
Published Oct 16, 2015One big question people are asking at the moment is do I need a federal trademark protection for Marijuana brand names if I am looking to set up a marijuana-related business. With the increased legalization of marijuana for medicinal, as well as recreational, use across 23 states and the District of Columbia, it comes as…
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Trademark Registration For Doctors, Dentists and Medical Service Providers
Published Sep 17, 2015Can a Medical Practice Name Be Trademarked? When asked “what is a trademark,” the easiest answer is usually to name common brand names that most people are familiar with – Nike, McDonalds, CocaCola. Trademarks are often associated with products that we use on a day to day basis, whether it’s groceries, houseware or apparel….
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Is Your Trademark Too Descriptive? Consider the Supplemental Trademark Register!
Published Aug 13, 2015The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) offers trademark applicants two potential registers on which to file their trademark applications – the Principal Trademark Register and a Supplemental Trademark Register. Principal Register vs. the Supplemental Trademark Register? Most federal trademarks are registered on the Principal Trademark Register. A mark registered on the Principal Register is…
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