Trademarks. Patents. 4 Tips on Trademarks and Why you Might want a Trademark more than a Patent

Francine | October 1, 2009

A trademark is a word, phrase, name, symbol, logo, design, or a combination of those things, which identifies the source of a product and/or service. In some cases, sounds and colors can also serve as trademarks

How to Register a Trademark – Evaluating Your Mark

Francine | August 13, 2009

So you ask, how to register a trademark? Well before you think of actually submitting either the Intent to Use or the Statement of Use form required for registering your trademark, you want to make sure you have a logo, phrase, design, word, or device that can, in fact, be protected by trademark. A common mistake entrepreneurs make is choosing a mark that is not strong, and thus, cannot be protected.

Copyrights and Trademarks: What’s the difference?

Francine | June 25, 2009

A copyright is a legal form of protection afforded to an original work of art or authorship, (e.g., such as novels, novellas, nonfiction books, screenplays … What cannot be protected by copyright are ideas …

Registration of Your Trademark is NOT Enough …

Francine | April 14, 2009

DON’T Let that happn to you. You can lose your trademark and never even know it! It’s worth the investment to hire someone to do it right–the FIRST time!

Francine | March 14, 2009

How to register your trademark. Do a THOROUGH trademark search, and I mean thorough. Going on the Internet is NOT doing a thorough search.

When Colleagues Steal Your Trademarks!

Francine | February 25, 2009

This is a reply I posted to a Linkedin discussion group, and thought it would be useful to all of my followers. The question posed was, “what do you do when a professional colleague uses your legally trademarked work?”
First, when you say legally trademarked, does that mean you have registered it with the USPTO or [...]