Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Now, WWE has filed twelve new trademark applications, reinforcing that intellectual property is just as vital to its business model as the action inside the ring. Osiris Griffin feels like an ancient warrioror maybe a sneaker brand. Trill London straddles the line between modern slang and a social media influencers alter ego.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 19, 2022

I love a great meal, I love supporting small local businesses, and I have a connection to the restaurant industry: my wife and my brother-in-law own two restaurants. I’ve seen firsthand the power of protecting a restaurant brand. And they should, because a restaurant name is valuable just like any other brand name.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2023

The categorization of social media accounts into “business” and “personal” accounts was a hot issue a decade ago, when states across the country passed laws to protect employees from invasive employer demands to access or control their personal social media accounts. See Musk, Elon).

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 21, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video How to Water Your Brand for Growth. I talk about my lack of green thumb, because it relates to so much of my branding, where I use sunflowers and plantings as metaphors, and I use the tagline, Making Trademarks Bloom Since 1999. Prolific marketing: getting your brand out there.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 27, 2024

The following is an edited transcript of Chapter 9 of my book video Building a Bold Brand: Registration: Better Late than Never Ideally, a business should protect its trademarks from the outset, filing as the brand launches or even earlier based on an intent-to-use the mark. Probably not!

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Kashishipr

MARCH 23, 2022

When it comes to the term ‘cybersquatting,’ it refers to the phenomenon in which fraudulent entities use the internet domains of widely recognized brands and companies to extract benefits from their reputation and goodwill. How Cybersquatters Tarnish a Brand on Social Media.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The following is an edited transcript of my video 5 Free Ways to Strengthen Your Brand. Here are five free things that any business can do to strengthen their brand. No matter how long your brand has been around, whether you have a hundred customers or a million customers, you can do these things. It doesn’t matter.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 3, 2024

While most suspects received warnings, South Wales Police arrested a 42-year-old man who’s allegedly involved in the pirate IPTV business through sales of ‘illicit’ Firesticks. To further combat illegal IPTV services, FACT has also issued takedown notices to various social media sites and online marketplaces.

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Art Law Journal

JULY 26, 2022

Thanks to the internet and its billions of active users, it’s become easier than ever to leverage social media for artists to amass a following within niche communities, network with like-minded creators, and ultimately increase chances of finding new clients. . .

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The following is an excerpt from my book, Building a Bold Brand. I am particularly sensitive to the trademark challenges that small businesses face for several reasons. Since 1999, I have built and managed my own small business, Erik M. In fact, small businesses may be even more capable. Corporate attorney.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

We represent entertainers, celebrities, and influencers looking to monetize their name, likeness, and voice, endorsing third-party brands. “Influencer Marketing” and “Social Media Brand Endorsement” have become big business. This happens all the time. Here’s how this usually plays out.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 16, 2024

The following is an edited transcript of my book video Building a Bold Brand Chapter 3: Bold Brands are Everywhere. Bold brands, great trademarks, memorable logos, and witty slogans are all around us. They can be found anywhere in any field of business. Trademark is our experience.®,

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 24, 2021

A business associate had mentioned that Mr. Willison might want to Google himself, as some odd search results were appearing. Post after post after post, across numerous websites and social media platforms, alleging that Mr. Willison was a sociopathic criminal. And there they were. According to the posts, Mr.

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Corsearch

JANUARY 31, 2025

For many brands, the holiday season brings a surge of infringements on across marketplaces and social media. To keep up with this increased seasonal activity, its critical that brand protection strategies are both flexible and targeted to priority platforms.

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Erik K Pelton

JUNE 21, 2021

The following is a transcript of my video Bold Brands Are Like Bees to Pollinate Marketing. So, how does all of this relate to trademarks and brands, you might be asking? Because bold brands stand out and they resonate and they communicate with consumers. Think about the brand name, Uber compared to Private Car Service.

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azrights

MAY 3, 2022

Though many important decisions people make when creating a new brand identity are intellectual property decisions, IP lawyers are rarely involved in the naming and brand creation process. . So, I wrote Brand Tuned, the new rules of branding, strategy and intellectual property. . The world of branding needs to change.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 16, 2022

In a world that’s dominated by viral social media posts and catchy headlines, branding is everything. Last week we noticed that one of the most iconic file-sharing brands was making headlines once again. – LimeWire is going from P2P to NFT as it plans a comeback in May – Business Insider.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 14, 2022

Navigating Brand Protection and Trademarks for Social Media Influencers. Building a brand or business as an influencer on social media is not easy. Not only are you tasked with building a successful, recognizable brand, you’re building yourself as the brand. Trademark Benefits.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 5, 2022

One of the most frequent questions I get is “When should I begin the process to start applying to register my trademark as a business owner?” That moment, of course, can be at a variety of different stages for a business, and that’s what I want to review here. What if you started using the brand name on social media?

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CopyrightsWorld

MAY 18, 2022

Want to meet one of the pre-eminent social media experts in America? Kris is the CEO of Ruby Media Group, a full service Public Relations and Social Media Agency located in Manhattan, which offers public relations services, content marketing, social media and personal branding services.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Introduction What separates long-established print and electronic media from social media is that it comes along with a bunch of techniques for its usage. These are tools that shaped social media to be more significant than the long-established medias. Domain names are frequently acquired as trademarks.

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azrights

MAY 10, 2022

It’s well known that the failure rate of small businesses is extremely high. Entrepreneur.com rates people’s chances of surviving in business beyond 5 years at 50/50, while the chances of failure after 10 years are 70%. With that in mind, here are the top 13 reasons why businesses are less successful than they might otherwise be.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

JULY 1, 2024

As brands have begun to increasingly rely on digital platforms to reach and engage with their target audience, the risk of unauthorized use of trademarks and the sale of counterfeit products has also grown. Unauthorized pages and posts on social media can dilute a brand’s goodwill and reputation and confuse consumers.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to promoting, marketing, and advertising, social media is one of the most effective and powerful ways. Content creators and social media influencers work sincerely to build their reputation for expertise in specific industries, products, and topics.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Having a trademark registration is a valuable tool in making a complaint regarding social media username infringement. The internet has lowered barriers to starting a new business, therefore finding a good and protectable brand name is becoming increasingly difficult.

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Erik K Pelton

MAY 10, 2021

A portfolio of trademarks entails multiple brand names, logo, slogans, and/or other source indicators protected by a business. Many, or even most, businesses have more than one trademark that could be protected – different brands, or a good slogan or logo.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Even a business that has been operating for years without a trademark registration would generally benefit from trying to enhance the protection for the brand by finally registering it. Ideally, a business should protect its trademarks from the outset, filing as the brand launches or even earlier based on an intent-to-use the mark.

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Erik K Pelton

MAY 2, 2022

You see, nonprofits have brands just like any other organization or business. To the world on the internet and social media and via newsletters that they might share updates with about their progress. So their brands are very, very important and they are eligible for trademark protection just like any other brand.

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Erik K Pelton

MAY 30, 2022

Trends on social media move so quickly, but this one has lingered, and it’s about red flags. Because it’s related to social media, I only learned about it because of my children and my family, but a lot of posts about red flags use the red flag icon or emoji, and then warning signs about a particular topic.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 9, 2024

“I kid you not, @itchiohas been taken down by @OriginalFunko because they use some trash ‘AI Powered’ Brand Protection Software called @BrandShieldltd that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, @iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain,” the company complained. .

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IIPRD

JANUARY 6, 2023

The evolution and development of trademark law protect the right of manufacturers or sellers but the advancement of technology and the emergence of social media has bound lawmakers and interpreters to make a continuous intervention and take a comprehensive vigil over the various new issues related to trademark infringement.

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 22, 2024

It allows the owner to use the ® symbol, which conveys a brand’s status and helps ward off Infringers. You appear in the USPTO database, so when other brands are searching and clearing new names, it helps avoid conflicts. Registration is essentially insurance for your brand by building up a fort of protection around it.

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Kashishipr

MAY 4, 2022

Trademarks provide multiple crucial advantages to businesses and customers alike. Additionally, they help the customers distinguish between brands and understand the quality of the products they buy. Trademarks also carry all the image and reputation a brand builds over the years. Monitor Infringing Uses of Your Trademark.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 9, 2021

I recently spoke with a small business owner who bought a restaurant, rebranded it, opened it to the public, and received critical acclaim. Then they received a cease-and-desist letter: another company had already registered the identical brand name for the identical services. Second, there’s the cost of time.

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Erik K Pelton

JUNE 2, 2021

I want to share with you five trademark lessons that I have learned from the last year, and how trademarks and brands and businesses have dealt with the pandemic. The next two things that I’ve observed over the last year relate to clients and their businesses and their brands. That’s one set of clients.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

A Social Media Influencer is someone who creates unique material that keeps people interested on multiple social media platforms, causing them to return for more high-quality information. One of the most significant methods to safeguard material on social media is through copyright.

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Art Law Journal

MAY 4, 2022

Social media has the power and reach to create community, provide a kick of inspiration, and help artists visualize their work from a macro perspective. Perhaps most significantly, mastering the art of social media can help your relationships with your followers and turn them into your tribe. Your time is limited.

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