WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is changing its regulations to allow the office to require that trademark holders provide additional examples of the use of their mark or other ...

To function as a trademark or brand, a word or phrase has to be distinctive in the marketplace. Trademarks fall along a spectrum of strong to weak. A trademark can acquire secondary meaning - and gain ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Legal Corner answers viewers’ civil legal questions. QUESTION: Is there a difference between a trademark and copyright? If there is, what are the differences and what are ...

A trademark is a distinctive mark identified with a person or thing, or where a product or service comes from. Trademarks can be displayed in many forms. The list below pairs a type of trademark with ...

In my previous article: Challenging Aspects of the Legal Protection of Non-Traditional Trademarks: Shape Trademarks, I mentioned that man has five senses and, accordingly, can perceive information, ...

The lawsuit filed on April 4, 2023 by Chipotle against competitor sweetgreen’s sale of a “Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl” highlights the risks of adopting a mark that is on the descriptive side of the ...