A worrying new trend is threatening businesses: the trademark trolls. This is when a “troll” registers trademarks relating to your business in an effort to make money from you. If you are not savvy in protecting your brand by registering all the relevant trademarks relating to your product in all the markets you are going…
When your business starts to grow, there will inevitably be people who try and cash in on your success. That’s why it is so important for you to trademark your business name – a fact that many first-time entrepreneurs will overlook due to their inexperience. It can be heartbreaking to see someone copying your business…
Ever since the first US trademark application in 1870, there have been a whole load of weird and wacky applications. But things got extra strange once celebrities started realising that they could make money off their catchphrases or, in some cases, their very identity. In the infographic below you can see some of the pop…
How important is trademarking your brand? To help answer this question, Stephens Scown Solicitors Exeter have been researching and collating a number of statistics about the true value of brands and how important it is to protect your brands through trademarking. Their research findings have been put into a superb infographic which makes for some…
I have a recent experience regarding trade marks which I should share. We may only be a micro business, but we feel our name and logo – our brand – is so valuable. We registered it ten years ago. It was due for renewal in January. During the summer we received an official-looking notification, complete…
