trademark registration

Introduction: Why Trademarking Your Clothing Brand MattersIf you're launching a clothing line, one of the most important legal steps you can take is securing a trademark for your brand name, logo, and slogan. Your brand identity is the foundation of your clothing business. It’s what makes your apparel recognizable,...

Step 1. Finding What You’re TrademarkingSo the first step is for you to figure out what it is that you want to trademark. And believe it or not, it's probably one of the most important parts of the process because you need to understand. Are you going to trademark...

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...

Trademark Products Similar to YoursFirst and foremost, these protections are in place to make sure that the exact date, time, and number of your trademark are documented. This is so that trademarks that come in after yours don’t get credit for innovating something first. So anybody else who files...

Why Trademarking MattersI've posted hundreds of videos about trademarks. I've got videos about what to trademark, where to trademark, when to trademark, how to trademark, who to trademark with, and a million other topics. In this video, I will summarize some of my older videos and talk about the benefits...

How Long Does a Registration Last?After surviving the lengthy process of application, approval, allowance, and ultimately registration, the initial term in most countries is ten years from that registration date. However, the European Union and Australia are among those that count the ten years from the filing date. There...

Tips for Your Trademark Registration ProcessTip #1Tip number one, get it done. Unless you're building your business hoping to fail miserably in the next year or two, there's really no situation in which not having your brand trademarked is better than having your brand trademarked. Every single time, having your...

If you've created a unique business name, product name, tagline, or logo and started using it in the marketplace, you may already own valuable common law trademark rights—and you may not even realize it. In fact, gaining a common law trademark is free: you don't need to file anything...