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THINKING OF TRADEMARKING YOUR BRAND? Most businesses have a logo. Is it important for all of those businesses to have trademarks surrounding their logos? How can we tell when we should? The short answer to this question is found in our own tagline, "If It's Worth Promoting, It's Worth Protecting®...

When to Use ™ and ® Symbols for Your BrandThe R in a circle indicates a registered trademark with the USTPO. When you register your brand, you can legally use the circle R symbol, but it’s not required. The symbol tells everyone that the government recognizes your ownership and rights to...

The ProcessThen, the trademark office assigns a specialist (examiner) who reviews your application, conducts a trademark search, and arrives at a conclusion. They can approve your application as it is or issue an Office Action (a formal letter describing a potential issue with your application) to which you must respond...

This is how you can type and insert unregistered trademark (™), registered trademark (®), or copyright (©) symbols on Android: Step 1: Open the app where you need to type trademark or copyright symbols and tap the Numbers button: Step 2: Tap the Symbols button: ™: Tap ®: Tap ©: Tap Or you can just use...

This is how you can type and insert unregistered trademark (™), registered trademark (®), or copyright (©) symbols on iPhone or iPad under IOS: Step 1: Go to Settings -> General -> Keyboard and make sure Emoji keyboard is added. If not, add it by using Add New Keyboard... Step 2:...

What Should I Be Asking Myself, Andrei?This is the number 1 question you should ask yourself if you're an entrepreneur or a business owner. Ask yourself this: "What if this business could become truly successful?" “What if you could scale it the way you hoped to?" "What if you...

1. Doesn’t prevent CopycatsIt is a common misconception that registering your brand's trademark can help you prevent other brands from entering the same market or offering similar services or products. Whilst this may seem like an attractive solution to protecting your brand, the truth is that trademarks will only...

Andrei, What is the First Mindset Mistake People Make with Trademark Registration?The first mistake is focusing on the brand itself in isolation from the business that the brand is supposed to represent. And this mistake really has two sides to it. On the one hand, it's putting too much...

There is a lot more than 3, but 3 is the one that I am going to point out. So, first of all, an unregistered trademark protects you only in the geographical area where enough people know about you under that brand. So, what that means is that with an...