Comments on: Registered Trademark: What’s the Rush?

By: Ariane Goodwin

Ariane Goodwin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:22:17 +0000

What a great question, Mary. Amazing how technical this can get, and I am not a lawyer, nor any kind of legal expert.

I’m going to defer to Attorney DuBoff, if he wants to jump in. I’ll contact him…stay tuned…

By: Mary Westheimer

Mary Westheimer — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:28:13 +0000

Thanks for your response. Since there is another artist by the same name as the one for whom I work, a trademark might negatively affect him – that is his name, after all!

Accordingly, if he trademark protected his name, could he prevent the artist with whom I work from using his own name?

By: William from Jobs or Business

William from Jobs or Business — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:10:43 +0000

It is right that you can not obtain the same URL like google, yahoo, microsoft etc. This article belongs to cyberlaw trade marking. Please explain more about trade marking for general business in your next article. Suppose I am selling a T-Shirt with some brand name in USA. Can I sell it in the same brand name in Europe .

By: Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D.

Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D. — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:58:05 +0000

It could be protecting your name, if your art form is so identified. High-end fine art crafts often have a business name that is not the artist’s.

Trademarks and copyrights have different rules. You can find out more here:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/workflow/start.htm

By: Mary Westheimer

Mary Westheimer — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:10:55 +0000

Are you suggesting artists protect their names?

Also, does first use (which, as I understand it, affects copyright) apply to trademarks?

Thanks.