I recently wanted to look at my currently very limited knowledge of the trademark ‘system’ seemed to be something near correct, and also ask a few questions…
For starters, how does this Trademark scheme work regarding different countries If I registered ‘bluntknife’ to be a trademark for many obscure reason, and someone in the us was ‘using’ bluntknife from a similar way, or the such. Would an unregistered hallmark have any relevance if i wanted to observe legal action Now i am guessing not, but would your registered trademark Or would I can ‘register’ bluntknife as being a trademark in both the UK, the INDIVIDUALS, and anywhere else I needed it protected
In the same manner, can I check My business is right in my understanding of the TM and (R) symbols Coming from my understanding, you can mark almost everything that happens to be a ‘mark connected with trading’ – such as a logo, corporation name, slogan considering the TM symbol devoid of ‘registering’ it anywhere, and that just declares which you consider that mark that they are something used by way of your ‘company’ could one day want to formally register So I possibly could, with no additional action, add a TM symbol into the logo of my website design company But to make use of the (R) symbol I will have to register, at cost, the trademark Could it be worth adding end of it of every internet page ‘The name of graphic design is a brand of company name" or is always that not needed / just duplicating what on earth is implied by the particular mark
Think those tend to be my main things I do think! Sorry if which came off as in the least confusing…
Ollie
Nicely, first off, I really believe trademarks, as together with copyrights and patents, are generally covered by global intellectual property regularions, so it is based on on where you’re dealing with whether your trademark registered in a single place will employ in another. I’m fairly positive a UK trademark will apply in the us and vice versa.
The other thing to keep in mind about trademarks is they’ve to be defended — in case someone uses ones trademark, you have to help challenge it within some time, I imagine, otherwise you reduce the trademark.
Although, IANAL.