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THE SIMPLE FACTSTM...A trademark is a word, name, symbol or device which is used in trade with goods to indicate the source of the goods and to distinguish them from the goods of others.
A servicemark is the same as a trademark except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than a product.
Trademark rights may be used to prevent others from using a confusingly similar mark, but not to prevent others from making the same goods or from selling the same goods or services under a clearly different mark. Trademarks which are used in interstate or foreign commerce may be registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and foreign Trademark Offices.
For example, the trademark "Exxon®," identifies the gasoline and oil products made by Exxon and distinguishes them from gasoline and oil products made by other companies (e.g. Shell or British Petroleum).
Similarly, the trademark "Legal Sleuth®" distinguishes the legal services and information of one particular service provider from the legal services and information of another (e.g. Findlaw). When such marks are used to identify services rather than products, they are called service marks, and are generally treated just the same as trademarks.
DO YOU NEED A TRADEMARK?
Do you want to create public awareness of your products or services in order to maximize its uniqueness and set it apart from competitors?
If you answered yes, then you it sounds like you may have a product or service that you would like to brand. In other words, you may need to file a trademark application.
The Gooch Law Firm can help you with all of your trademark needs. We have the skills and experience to:
- Counsel clients and file new trademark applications - U.S. and Foreign
- Prosecute existing foreign applications already filed abroad in foreign jurisdictions
- Prosecute existing U.S. applications already filed with the USPTO
- Maintain existing registrations - U.S. and Foreign
- Enforce U.S. and foreign trademarks rights through litigation
To file new trademark application, prosecute an existing trademark application or maintain a trademark registration, click here.
For trademark infringement/litigation, click here.
The Gooch Law Firm is ready to assist you in filing a new trademark application (new application and prosecution) or enforcing (licensing or litigation) your intellectual property - copyright/domain name/patent/trademark - rights against an individual or company that is using them without your permission.
We are here to help you secure and protect your intellectual property rights.
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