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Trademark Infringement in the Digital Age

IP and Legal Filings

Trademark Law Before pre-digitalization The US Trademark Office (USPTO) defines a trademark as a word, phrase, design, or symbol that serves to identify and distinguish the products or services you sell apart from those of others. For trademark owners, litigation was their main option.

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The Role of Brand Names in Business

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? ?. One person who clearly didn’t understand this was Mr Gu who set up a Chinese takeaway in Barrow-in-Furness in 2009 using the name China Tang. What’s often involved is to find a new name, get a new logo and website, pay for new signage, new menu designs, and flyers. For 12 years he used this name.