Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The post The Value of a Trademark Registration appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Erik summarizes the results of a recent study published by the NOVA School of Business & Economics about the data used to show the tremendous monetary value of having a registered trademark for businesses.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 14, 2021

“Overall, we found that USPTO’s trademark registration process was not effective in preventing fraudulent or inaccurate registrations. The report issued on August 11, 2021 (OIG-21-033-A) is entitled USPTO Should Improve Controls over Examination of Trademark Filings to Enhance the Integrity of the Trademark Register.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

Last week I indicated in my blog post (“Copyright Registration for AI-assisted Creations: How Much AI Input is Too Much?”) It was a bit of doggerel … Continue reading "Canadian Copyright Registration for my 100 Percent AI-Generated Work"

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Serial […] The post Wrong skillset for trademark registration appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. In re National Presto Industries, Inc.,

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 21, 2025

trademark registration for your trademark on goods or services for your business. Can your trademark registration be cancelled with the U.S. Is the appropriate time period at the time of registration or subsequent to the date of registration? Suppose that you have obtained a U.S. The answer is YES!

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

… Continue reading "Copyright Registration for AI-assisted Creations: How Much AI Input is Too Much?" Dreams of sitting down at the dock with a cold one in hand, watching the sunset while the loons trill in the twilight. That’s what the idyllic image above conveys.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

These ranged from legislation to enable Canada’s participation in the Lunar Gateway, to Criminal Code … Continue reading "The Copyright Needle in the Budget Haystack (And Why Requiring Registration for Copyright is a Really Bad Idea)"

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Corsearch

JANUARY 9, 2025

While many businesses go through the process of trademark registration , not every brand needs to take that route right away. Enter common law trademarks a practical way to secure certain rights to your brand from the moment you start using it, without the registration process or fees.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Obtaining a registration may be statistically more difficult, given the sheer number of existing registrations, and is therefore much more valuable. Obtaining a registration may be statistically more difficult, given the sheer number of existing registrations, and is therefore much more valuable.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 13, 2024

The following is an edited transcript of Chapter 7 of my book video Building a Bold Brand Chapter 7: Registration is the Keystone to Brand Protection While there are many incredible sights and millennia of history to write about in the city of Rome, one feature is central to all of the great buildings there: arches.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Note that this field may be subject to changes and developments more than others when it comes to trademark registration strategies. If the answer to the prior question is No, is USPTO registration available for auxiliary products or services that arent affected by the CSA, such as providing information via a website, or apparel?

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Therefore, without USPTO registration, a food truck brand is only protected in the local geographic area where it operates and not anywhere else in the U.S. There have been many instances where food truck operators have used names too similar to those of existing restaurants or other food trucks/carts.

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Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A patent registration generally lasts for 20 years from the time the application was filed. For patents, there is no symbol, but you will often see fine print about patent pending or patent registration number. A trademark registration can use the symbol. Trademarks get registered with the USPTO.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 20, 2024

The following is an edited transcript of Chapter 8 of my book video Building a Bold Brand: The Trademark Registration Process: A Long and Winding Road The trademark application process at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is generally long, complex, and full of deadlines. Receive a registration certificate.

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 28, 2025

The secondary register is called the Supplemental Register , and it is an important resource or tool in the trademark world where weaker trademark registrations can reside. If a mark has a likelihood of confusion cited against it with another registration, it cannot be registered at all.

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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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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 4, 2025

Here are 25 common ways to use one: Website Letterhead Business cards Note cards Refrigerator magnets Email signature Building sign or awning Lighting Stickers or temporary tattoos Trade show banners / displays Product placements in TV and film Opening scene of a video Social media profiles Domain name registrations App icon Shirts Coffee mugs Pens (..)

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2025

The International Trademark Association (INTA) announced today that it has filed an amicus brief in a referral to the Grand Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that asks for clarification on registering human faces as trademarks.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 23, 2024

Condé Nast sends cease-and-desist to Perplexity, Germany sells pirate site Bitcoin and USCO finalizes new registration rule. The post 3 Count: Perplexing Perplexity appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 12, 2025

Summary Trade dress is a powerful intellectual property (IP) tool that can be used to protect the distinctive non-functional look and feel" of a products design, shape and/or 3D configuration.[1]

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 2, 2025

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Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

February 6, 2025 Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC (EMP&A), a leading trademark law firm dedicated to protecting brands, is proud to announce the successful registration of U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

However, H&M felt that there was an error in Unicolors’ copyright registration. According to H&M, the registration was invalid as Unicolors registered the work as part of a collection when it should have been a separate registration. . Why This Case is Important. If you are a U.S.-based For example, the U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

It’s a confusing question with no easy answer, but it’s an issue that puts the copyright registration of every website at risk. The Registration Wrinkle. However, the key one for this article deals with the copyright registration FDN obtained over the work. In the United States, a registration with the U.S.

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 22, 2025

That application might get denied, and until it’s registered, it could be challenged, it could be denied, and it doesn’t enjoy all the benefits of a registration. Is it a common law trademark, meaning that there’s no registration of it? You don’t “trademark” something. Is it a registered trademark?

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Artist sues to overturn USCO denial of AI registration, tattoo artist scores small win over Take-Two and SESAC songs are back on YouTube. The post 3 Count: AI Rejection appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

It is important to take a few minutes to search and make sure a name is unique, to file the name with the USPTO to register it, and to hire an experienced trademark attorney to handle the registration process. The post 10 reasons that small businesses need to protect their trademarks appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Background Great Concepts applied for and received trademark registration for DANTANNA’S, Registration No. Issue(s) Whether Section 14 of the Lanham Act permits the Board to cancel a trademark’s registration due to the owner’s filing of a fraudulent Section 15 declaration to acquire incontestability for its mark.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 25, 2025

Here are twenty-five terms that are critical to know about in the world of trademark and trademark protection and registration. The following is an edited transcript of my video 25 Key Trademark Terms.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

However, the fee for most registrations is just $15 over the U.S. For example, a registration of a single work would be $60, $45 of which goes to the Copyright Office. LegalZoom, for example, charges $114 over the filing fees , meaning that same registration would cot $159. RightsClick does charge for this service.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 27, 2025

In a precedential decision in September 2023, the Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark HME in the stylized from shown below, for various types of pipes and other building products, finding confusion likely with opposer's mark KME for overlapping goods. TTABlogged here ]. Applicant Zhejiang Hailiang Co.,

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

million jury award, CBC News finds Canadian authors in AI dataset and Copyright Office refuses AI registration. Photographer wins $6.3 The post 3 Count: Maximum Damages appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 4, 2025

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Introduction Registration of a trademark is an important step toward building a brand on solid ground. Lack of distinctiveness to incorrect classification are among the common errors that can bring derailment upon your trademark registration.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Allen (not protected by copyright) Last week I wrote about Stephen Thaler’s quixotic and determined approach to obtain copyright registration in the US for his AI generated artwork, “A Recent Entrance to Paradise”, created (he claims) exclusively by his AI “machine”, the so-called Creativity Machine. Image: Théâtre D’Opéra Spatial, Jason B.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Registration of AI-Generated Works in the United States and Canada: A Comparison Credit: Shutterstock Human Creation The question of whether works that are generated in whole or part by Artificial Intelligence (AI) should enjoy copyright protection is a hot topic at the moment.

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