Patents & Trademarks Questions for rights

In International Trademarks    -  updated on 11/11/2009

I'm trying to determine whether Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are use rights or registration rights countries.  INTA's resources have not helped me.  Does anyone know of a site o...   Read More    Answer

In International Trademarks    -  updated on 11/11/2009

I launched a website about a year ago selling one single product (for exemple: photo books).
A bigger company located in the UK sent me a letter (from the CEO, no attorneys yet) stating that they own th...   Read More    Answer

In Trademark Disputes    -  updated on 11/11/2009

I own a clothing company that sells exclusively on cafepress.com  This is an online store that produces t-shirts and other items for sale under another persons company name, with the revenue split. ...   Read More    Answer

In Trademark Disputes    -  updated on 11/11/2009

If you are re-selling a product in the US that you bought from company X in the US and take a picture of that product showing which of course shows the products logo can that be a violation of IP rights?
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In Branding    -  updated on 11/11/2009

If you can take 2 products that have IP rights and combine them into your own single product and get your own IP rights (possibly) then this doesn't give you the right to sell the resulting item?
<...   Read More    Answer

In Trademark Ownership    -  updated on 11/11/2009

I legally purchased t-shirts from internet sites and some from ebay that carried their label and tags still attached.  These t-shirts have the designers logo all over them.  Well I cut up the t-shi...   Read More    Answer

In Trademark Ownership    -  updated on 11/11/2009

Okay...  I'm trying to determine which of the following two companies has superior trademark rights for two very similar products with very similar names.

Company A began s...   Read More    Answer

In Trademark Registration    -  updated on 11/11/2009

I read in an earlier post the following:

"trademark registrations don't confer trademark rights, they merely register trademark rights that exist."

As a Trademark owner o...   Read More    Answer

In Trademark Ownership    -  updated on 11/11/2009

I was planning on licensing an apparel brand whose registered trademark is a three word phrase.  The registration dates back some 12 years and the company has shown substantial sales.  The phrase i...   Read More    Answer

In Famous Marks    -  updated on 11/11/2009

  Hello and thank you. I have a question about Adidas sporting apparel. I want to know what makes an NFL ...   Read More    Answer

In Trademark Disputes    -  updated on 11/11/2009

For the past fifteen years a group of individuals has been performing as an unlicensed, unincorporated, non DBA music group under the umbrella of a parent NPO, the "NOCB". This unofficial group wou...   Read More    Answer

In Expired Trademarks    -  updated on 11/11/2009

Hello!  I have a question concerning now dead companies, their trademarks, product lines and copy rights.

In the case of today's gaming market, small time game companies and publishers come and g...   Read More    Answer

In Trademark Ownership    -  updated on 11/11/2009

Scenerio- Company 1. starts using a trademark in Ohio and does business in three surrounding states, then registers the mark.   Company 2. starts business a year later using the same mark in FL and GA b...   Read More    Answer

In Trademark Registration    -  updated on 11/11/2009

Hi,

Our small firm has a problem.

We have a patented moderately successful product and a web based
competitor determined to infringe on our patent.  It is laughably
obvious.  So...   Read More    Answer

In Branding    -  updated on 11/11/2009

I'm in the business of manufacturing gift items such as T-shirt, mugs, keychains.  I was wondering if there was licensing requirements for making and selling items with flags of different countries. &nb...   Read More    Answer

In Trademark Ownership    -  updated on 11/11/2009

Hello,


I work with a small health organization. There is a giant   health organization in Chicago has  a big party called "XXXXXXX".

My organization does not agree with ...   Read More    Answer

In Trademark Ownership    -  updated on 11/11/2009

I have, for the some years, under contract, been licensed by a corporation, and pay a royalty to them, for use of some their  older trademarks on collector type items. I have now found that, even before...   Read More    Answer

In Domain Names    -  updated on 11/11/2009

Hi,
I recently purchased a domain name (three months ago.  The deal included that the former owner still be a partner in the company.  He has owned the name for over two years and has marketed t...   Read More    Answer

In Trademark Ownership    -  updated on 11/11/2009

I hope this question is being asked in the proper forum. With the recent release of the film version of The Da Vinci Code, it got me thinking about character rights. Dan Brown created the character Robert La...   Read More    Answer

In Trademark Ownership    -  updated on 11/11/2009

I take part in open competitions for logo designs for startup companies mainly, on an internet site.  What are the restrictions that I am under as far as including the designs in my portfolio.

I'...   Read More    Answer