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>'The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) defines a trademark as a "word, phrase, symbol, or design, or a combination thereof," used to identify and distin
by inflatableDodo 7y ago
>'The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) defines a trademark as a "word, phrase, symbol, or design, or a combination thereof," used to identify and distinguish a company's goods. A service mark is essentially the same thing but pertains to services rather than goods. Your mark (either trademark or service mark) is legally protected through common law once it goes into commercial use, but sometimes it makes sense to register your mark.'
https://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/intellectual-property/trademark-protection-by-use-or-by-registration.html https://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/intellectual-property/trad...
- fabianhjr 7y agoThis is an argument similar to "China is odd for using the metric system; to prove it here is the US using Imperial" > Let’s start with how the U.S. is different from other countries. In the U.S., just using a brand in commerce will grant you some legal rights over the brand. Many jurisdictions, however, are “first-to-file” countries. That means whoever registers a trademark first – regardless of whether they’re using it – is the owner of the mark. For example, both China and Japan are “first-to-file” countries. https://thestartuplawblog.com/trademarks-file-outside-u-s/ https://thestartuplawblog.com/trademarks-file-outside-u-s/
- inflatableDodo 7y agoGiven I was ultimately writing in answer to; >'Did the non Chinese have any trademarks? Anywhere?' May I take this opportunity to say; 'Huh?'