Trademark clearance and registration is your first step toward business success.
Federal trademark registration with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is essential for new start-ups or ongoing business enterprises. Registration protects your business name, product name, slogan, web domain name, logo, comic book or game characters, and even stage-names and Instagram and Tik Tok handles and social media influencer brands from infringement.
It is, in short, a Federal legal process that allows your enterprise the exclusive legal use of its name or logo throughout the entire United States. Further, it allows you to request that US Customs block the importation of knock-off products. Of course, registration also allows you to use the ® registered trademark symbol with your name or logo on packaging and in marketing.
And to file lawsuits against infringers in Federal court.
Trademark registration ensures that your customers will not confuse anyone else’s product or service for yours. Retaining an experienced Michigan trademark attorney will help you to avoid the most common trademark registration mistakes.
Learn more about the many benefits of US trademark registration here.
Did you know that you can trademark a sound? Or the exterior of a building? Read more about the different types of US trademark registration here.
How many trademarks should you register? Almost certainly, more than just one. Read more here.