How do trademarks protect a business?

A trademark typically protects brand names and logos used on goods and services. A copyright protects an original artistic or literary work. A patent protects an invention. You would apply to register a trademark to protect the brand name of the vacuum cleaner.

What should a business trademark?

A trademark is a word, logo, phrase, symbol, or design used to brand and distinguish a good from all other goods. A service mark is a word, logo, phrase, symbol, or design used to brand and distinguish a service from all other services. However, people often use the term trademark to reference both.

Are business names protected by trademarks?

A trademark identifies the source of goods or services. Business names, product names, logos and labels can all be trademarks. For additional protection, you can register a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Why do we need trademarks?

Trademarking grants startups security of their brand. By trademarking a company name, one makes its services and products distinctive in terms of their competitors, becoming their intellectual property. In doing so, it prevents rivals from copying or stealing their brand.

Why to get a trademark?

Trademarks provide value beyond your core business. Trademarks can lead the way for expansion from one industry to another, such as from personal care to clothing or eye ware. If you desire it, your trademark can lead to the acquisition of your business by a larger corporation.

What are trademark marking requirements?

Two basic requirements must be met for a mark to be eligible for trademark protection: it must be in use in commerce and it must be distinctive. The first requirement, that a mark be used in commerce, arises because trademark law is constitutionally grounded in the congressional power to regulate interstate commerce.

What is trademark and types of trademarks?

A trademark offers legal protection for a word, symbol, phrase, logo, design, or combination of those that represents a source of goods or services. Types of trademarks for products include five main categories: generic mark, descriptive mark, suggestive mark, fanciful, and arbitrary mark.

Trademarks provide value beyond your core business. Trademarks can lead the way for expansion from one industry to another, such as from personal care to clothing or eye ware. If you desire it, your trademark can lead to the acquisition of your business by a larger corporation.

Two basic requirements must be met for a mark to be eligible for trademark protection: it must be in use in commerce and it must be distinctive. The first requirement, that a mark be used in commerce, arises because trademark law is constitutionally grounded in the congressional power to regulate interstate commerce.

Why to register a service mark or a trademark?

• Registration serves as notice of your claim of ownership.
• Registration helps support your claim of ownership if you need to go to court.
• You can use U.S. trademark registration to help you obtain registration in other countries.

  A trademark offers legal protection for a word, symbol, phrase, logo, design, or combination of those that represents a source of goods or services. Types of trademarks for products include five main categories: generic mark, descriptive mark, suggestive mark, fanciful, and arbitrary mark.