Individuals and businesses are constantly considering brand protection. In particular, they usually contact a trademark attorney and say they want to register their trademark. In ...

Common law trademark rights go to the first entity to use a distinctive mark in interstate commerce. The reality is, common law rights are only applicable to those areas in which...

Many businesses and individuals do not know that trademark rights arise not only from registration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, but from simply use of a tra...

Common Law Trademarks: You not need to register your trademark in order to have trademark rights.  You have common law rights once you start using your mark to identify good...