Giving business customers competent legal advice and representation on issues pertaining to trade dress, trademarks, domain names, and other facets of intellectual property law.
An effective trademark is essential to a company’s success. It makes it simple for customers to recognize and connect your goods and services to your brand. One form of intellectual property that is available for state or federal registration is a trademark. Through registration, oversight, and enforcement, Dallas intellectual property lawyers may assist in safeguarding your trademarks and other intellectual property assets.
You have to prove that your mark is unique in order to register it. To make sure your mark is accessible for registration, your trademark attorney can perform a thorough check of existing marks. A comprehensive search might involve looking through printed and online media, scouring the internet, and getting in touch with prior trademark applicants to find out if they have registered their marks.
Following a search, your trademark lawyer can submit the necessary state and federal registration applications. A federal trademark grants protection across the United States, whereas a state-level registration only offers protection in the particular territory.
Additionally, your Dallas trademark attorney may assist you in choosing a powerful mark that is probably registrable in the US. The strongest marks are often “arbitrary” or invented terms, followed by “fanciful” markings and “suggestive” marks. Marks that describe products or services, such “Oatnut” for bread made with oats and nuts, are the weakest; they could only be registrable once they gain secondary meaning.
Your Dallas trademark attorney can help with objection or cancellation procedures before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board if you are unable to have your mark registered. They can also help with infringement claims against other companies, including enforcement and lawsuits.