Missoula Trademark Attorneys & Lawyers
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Seth Wiener
Ross Brandborg
Ali Shalchi
Michael Wieser
Vincent Van Houden
Jon Bourne
Dane Dixon
Nathan Wenk
Teraine Okpoko
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Our experienced Missoula trademark attorneys & lawyers represent individuals and businesses with everything they need to secure and protect their trademarks. Our attorneys can help individuals with everything from trademark clearance searches to determine whether the desired mark is available for adoption, use, and registration. By reviewing the search reports thoroughly, they can conclusively determine the extent to which a mark is already being used and the potential success of filing a trademark.
Trademark licensing can be complex, but our trademark attorneys have experience drafting agreements on behalf of both licensees and trademark owners - thus allowing you to capitalize on your valuable intellectual property. Our Missoula trademark attorneys can also draft and file your trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), including Intent to Use and Use in Commerce applications.
Our attorneys can also help protect your trademark around the globe by assisting clients with filing trademark applications under the Madrid Protocol, which allows trademark holders to obtain protection in multiple countries by filing a single application.
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Key Takeaways:
- Copyright protects original creative works like literature, music, software, and art.
- Trademarks protect brand identifiers such as names, logos, slogans, and designs.
- Patents protect inventions and grant exclusive rights to the inventor.
- Licenses allow IP owners to grant usage rights to others in exchange for compensation.
- A single product or service may be protected by multiple forms of intellectual property.
- Trademark vs copyright distinctions are important when deciding which type of protection to pursue for branding vs creative output.
Copyrights, trademarks, patents, and licenses are each a different form of intellectual property (IP) rights protection recognized by U.S. law. The distinctions among them can be subtle and often the same product or service may involve more than one of these IP rights. How can you tell them apart when deciding how to protect your company’s assets? Here’s how.
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Read MoreWhat can be trademarked depends on how a name, design, sound, or other element functions in connection with specific goods or services. The central question is whether consumers would recognize it as identifying one commercial source rather than as a product description, decoration, or useful feature.
Key Takeaways
- Words, phrases, names, logos, symbols, colors, sounds, scents, packaging, and trade dress may qualify as trademarks.
- A mark must identify the source of particular goods or services, not give its owner unlimited control over a word or design in every context.
- Generic terms and functional product features ge
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Read MoreHow to Patent a Logo
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How to Patent a Logo
While you can learn how to patent an idea, logos cannot be patented because the term patent describes ownership that protects inventions.
However, logos can be protected in a similar way by a trademark or service mark. Trademarks protect logos attached to products while service marks protect logos attached to services. Both trademarks and service marks are often referred to as trademarks. Following these established steps is the best way to trademark your logo.
Reasons to Trademark Your Logo
A logo is any design used by a person or company to promote its business interests. Logos can be images, stylized words, or a combination of these elements.
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Read MoreWillful Infringement
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Willful Infringement: What Is It?
Willful infringement is when someone copies a claimed invention and knew the entire time that the invention was patented, thus committing patent infringement. An infringement is considered willful when:
- A defendant engaged in acts that infringed the patent or copyright
- The defendant knew those acts were in violation of the patent or copyright. They still acted as if they were ignorant of the law or had reckless regard for the patent or copyright holder's rights
Simply put, anyone who copies an invention after it has been patented on purpose has committed a willful infringement. However, the infringement is not considered willful if:
- the person has copied the invention without knowing it was patented
- the person, in good faith, believes the patent is invalid or no longer applicab
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