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Can I Change the Trademark Itself After My Trademark Application has been Filed?Sometimes your trademark might feel like a work in progress. After you file your application, you might think you want to change some aspect of the trademark itself. A lot of applicants frequently ask if they are...

Can I Trademark a Brand Before It Is Launched?You may be wondering: Can you trademark a name, logo, tagline, or anything before you become known through that brand in the marketplace? And the answer is yes. We can even tell you how to trademark a brand. Filing for trademark...

What Is Intellectual Property?So let’s get started, first of all, intellectual property as a term is an umbrella term. It comprises completely different areas of law that vary in some very important aspects. So when you say “I own intellectual property,” it’s really meaningless unless you really...

In this video, I will first explain what division of a trademark application is, and then I'll explain why you would wanna do that. When you file a trademark application that covers multiple products and services, maybe even multiple classes of goods and services, and you got varying results as...

Do I Have to Be an American Resident to File in the U.S.?A lot of people wonder whether they need to live in America in order to file a trademark with the U.S. Trademark Office. The answer is that no, you don’t need to live in...

Number 1“Our brand name comes from rearranging and changing a few letters of our competitor’s name.” While clever, the best-case scenario will be a trademark so close to another that your brand value will be very low. In the worst case, you will be in the middle of...

I'm going to teach you how to do the trademark dance. And this is the answer to the question we get all the time, What do most companies trademark? There are four things that are most commonly trademarked. And as I said, we are going to learn them through the...

Trademark Cancellation Trademark Cancellation Proceedings in the US and Canada allow you to request the trademark office inquire whether that trademark owner is still using the trademark. If they cannot prove continued use, the trademark office will remove that mark from the register in a process known as “clearing the...

Andrei’s Answer on Cost for Trademark SearchSo the answer to that is very simple. In most countries, they have an online system within trademark services that allows you to check that. It's a public record, so both Canadian, US, and European Union databases are open to the public. Since...