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Do you Want to Learn More About the #Trademark Timeline?
Ready to learn more about the trademark timeline? Now, what exactly is the trademark timeline? The trademark timeline is what will happen after a trademark application is filed.
First, it’s important to be clear on what you can file at the USPTO to get federal trademark protection. A trademark is a source identifier. This can be an expression, a word, symbol, scent, sound, shape, or color that is used to identify your goods or services.
Once a trademark application is filed, it can take 3-4 months before the application is assigned to a Trademark Examining Attorney. The Trademark Examining Attorney’s job is to determine if your trademark application has any issues and to review your mark to determine if it’s likely to cause confusion with a confusingly similar mark. Your mark may also be highly descriptive or worse, generic! If there is an issue, the Examining Attorney will issue an office action and allow you six months to respond to the action. If the Examiner’s review determines that the application has no issues, the mark will be published in the Official Gazette for third parties to challenge the mark. If no third parties challenge the mark, then the USPTO will register the mark. YAY!
In a nutshell, the average time to complete this process is about 1 year. Often people assume the process is shorter and call attorneys in a panic to get a mark registered.
How long did it take the USPTO to register your mark?
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#Coronavirus #trademark news!
Here’s some interesting #Coronavirus #trademark news! Looks like Pfizer registered a mark and later assigned it for Veterinary vaccines, veterinary medicines and pharmaceutical preparations, namely, vaccines for the prevention of enteric, respiratory, reproductive, erysipelas, and clostridial diseases in livestock; and vaccines for the treatment of feline infectious peritonitis (“FIP”), feline leukemia; and feline […]
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#Law Students: 6 Tips to Advance in Your Career! #lawyer #lawschool #attorney @boss_squire
Law students,
It’s SUMMER! You have survived another year of law school. Congratulations! Have you thought about your career after law school? It’s never too early to start strategizing on actually having a career rather than a job. The competition is stiff. What are you doing to distinguish yourself from other students? Here are a few tips that will help you to advance in your career.
1. First, be open to alternative careers. You’re still a student. Take advantage of all opportunities. Don’t limit yourself. Now is the time to explore all options.
2. Attend your law school networking events and follow up with attorneys. Create a database to store all contact information of the attorneys you meet. You never know when you’ll need to send out a newsletter or an email.
3. Create a blog to get your name out. Analyze cases! Distinguish yourself! The internet has provided an opportunity for you to create your own brand. Take advantage of it. If you’re interested in trademark law, for example, create a blog with niche trademark information.
4. Use social media. (Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin). How will anyone know what you’re capable of if they don’t know you? Social media is a great tool to create a global brand and to grow your followers and supporters.
5. Research jobs and attorney you are interviewing with. Be prepared. Don’t waste their time. The worse thing you can do in an interview is ask questions where the answers can easily be found on the Firm’s site. For example, don’t ask an attorney where they attended law school. Rather, relate their law school to something personal to let them know you did your homework!
6. In an interview, ask intelligent questions to show you’ve done your research, not just “How much will you pay?” Talk about a big case the firm won or a current event.
Remember, your career research should be career focused not job focused. There’s a huge difference.
Time is valuable and irreplaceable so it is important to spend time doing things you love, including working. Happy CAREER hunting!
What’s the best advice you’ve received that has advanced your career?
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We’re Using Technology to Connect With You! #socialmedia
I’m constantly looking for new ways to stay connected with you! I know many of you already follow me on social media and I appreciate it! Is there a platform that I’m missing? Would you like to see me on a tool I may not be aware of? There are so many options these days, right? […]
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Happy Valentine’s Day! #weloveyou #valentine #ip #patent #trademark #copyright
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I’ve Improved Something…Now What? #invent #inventors #invention #patent
How exciting? You’re minding your own business and then, it hits you! Your “aha” moment. I’m referring to that moment when you realize that you’ve come up with a better way to do something. You have figured out a way to make it easier! Great! Then, you call your favorite patent attorney to tell me the […]
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Stop Making These Assumptions About Your Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights!
You know what they say about assumptions, right? You make an #$@.. You get my point! Well, keep reading so you don’t make assumptions that can jeopardize your patent, trademark or copyright rights. First, there’s no percent rule! Congratulations on your invention but never ask a patent attorney, what percent you need to change an invention […]
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Top Mistakes Inventors Make that Jeopardize Their Patent Rights!
Great! You’ve invented the next best thing and now you’re ready to tell the world. Slow down! Did you know that if you disclose your invention to others you may lose the right to file a patent application to secure patent protection for your invention? Once you disclose your invention, you have one year to […]
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#QUOTED 7 Tips #Entrepreneurs NEED to Know about #Trademarks! #tbt
7 Trademark Tips Entrepreneurs Need to Consider
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Assumptions about #IP- The Truth About the Percent Rule!
You know what they say about assumptions, right? Too often, people make assumptions about patents, trademarks, copyright. Intellectual property (IP) is divided into three types, patents, trademarks and copyrights. First, patents protect inventions. Trademarks protect the names of those inventions. Copyrights protect written materials. Be certain that when you are consulting with an attorney […]
