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• Taking Care of Business Names and Logos ( June 2003 )
  

  Whether your company sells goods or provides services, chances are you have invested in one or more names and logos that the consuming public associates with your offerings. You spend time and money to differentiate your goods or services from those of your competitors and to generate goodwill in your names and logos (formally called "trademarks," "service marks," or just "marks").

• Naming Your Company ( May 2003 )
  

  Naming your company is an important task. Good branding dictates that names convey who you are and what you provide. In addition, there are a host of legal considerations to picking a name.

• Naming Your Product or Service ( May 2003 )
  

  Naming your product or service is an important task. Good branding dictates that names convey who you are and what you provide. In addition, there are a host of legal considerations to picking a name.

• Preventing Loss of Federal Trademark and Service Mark Rights ( November 2002 )
  

  Upon receiving a federal trademark or service mark registration from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, mark owners should take steps to maintain these rights. Separating the tasks into two categories helps organize the steps mark owners should undertake to minimize loss of rights in their marks. First, mark owners can minimize loss of rights in their marks by properly maintaining the marks. Second, mark owners can prevent loss of rights in their marks by monitoring third parties who attempt to use their marks or confusingly similar variations of their marks.

• Frequently Asked Questions About Trademarks ( January 2002 )
  

  This document defines trademarks, service marks, certification marks, and collective marks and answers basic questions about registering trademarks.

• Basic Facts About Registering A Trademark ( August 2000 )
  

  What is a Trademark? A TRADEMARK is either a word, phrase, symbol or design, or combination of words, phrases, .

• F.A.Q's about Intellectual Property ( May 2000 )
  

  What is the difference between a patent, a trademark/service mark, and a copyright?

• Enforcing a Service Mark or Trademark in the Federal Courts in New Jersey ( August 1999 )
  

  Enforcement of federal trade and service marks under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. sections 1116 generally involves a c.

• Protecting a Valuable Asset--Your Business Name ( July 1999 )
  

  How important is it to protect one's business name? For many companies, the business name is what turns people .

• New Trademarks Law ( June 1999 )
  

  As the importance of worldwide protection of intellectual property gains greater recognition in everyday discourse .