Why we think you’re nuts if you haven’t registered your trademark yet … You’ve spent countless hours and dollars coming up with the perfect business name and logo and made it an integral part of your business. You’ve spent countless hours on social media, LinkedIn® and Facebook® making sure your name and brand are “out there” Read more about Why you need to file a Trademark Application[…]
Written by Courtney Allen, with some help from Chris McHattie. Written by Courtney Allen and Chris McHattie No “Scout” About it, when the Boy Scouts of America announced plans to change their name to the more universal “Scouts BSA” to allow girls into the program, they probably hadn’t thought through the intellectual property implications. Unfortunately, Read more about Girls Scouting Out Trademark Infringement from Boy Scouts of America[…]
by Aidan Murray (with a little help from Chris McHattie) Creating a logo for a brand is not as easy as simply drawing up “whatever design” pops into your head or by hiring a creative team to develop a unique logo. Even if the logo is “original” to you and you’re certain it is “unique,” Read more about In Pursuit of Distinctiveness for Logos[…]
Today, April 7, is National Beer Day, which commemorates April 7, 1933, the day that the Cullen-Harrison Act went into effect allowing the legal sale of low-alcohol beer in the US. It was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt at which time he famously remarked: “I think this would be a good time for a Read more about Did you know that the first registered trademark was a beer brand? #NationalBeerDay[…]