Intellectual Property Representation
Glickman Turley LLP represents individuals and companies on applications for U.S. trademark registration. We successfully represented domestic and international high-tech companies, internet media companies, and local professional services businesses on their applications for registration in the United States Patent and Trademark databases.
Trademarks, copyrights, and patents protect different types of intellectual property.
• A trademark protects brand names and logos used on goods and services. A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, or design, or a combination thereof, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others.
• A service mark is the same as a trademark, except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than goods.
• A copyright protects an original artistic or literary work.
• A patent protects an invention.
Importance of a Federal Trademark Registration
Owning a federal trademark registration on the Principal Register provides several advantages, including providing public notice of your claim of ownership of the mark, which may protect you in negotiations and federal actions against others who infringe upon your use of the mark. A U.S. federal trademark can be protected in foreign countries too.
This information is available in the USPTO publication, “Basic Facts about Trademarks.” The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s website provides useful information about intellectual property.
