What the recent Purple Rain case from the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board can teach business entrepreneurs about trademarks

by Dan Smith | Sep 6, 2022 | Trademarks

Physicians and Medical Practices Should Strongly Consider Federal Trademark Registration Protection

by Dan Smith | Aug 19, 2022 | Health Professionals' Business Blog, Trademarks

Hi, this is Dan Smith of DPS Legal Counsel. Welcome to today’s podcast episode of Legal Scrubs. Today. I want to talk about why physicians and medical practices should seriously consider applying for federal trademark registration for the name of their practice,...

The Importance of Trademark Branding Strategy BEFORE Filing a Trademark Application

by Dan Smith | Aug 30, 2021 | Trademarks

The DuPont Factors and the “Confusingly Similar” Analysis of Trademarks

by Dan Smith | Aug 24, 2021 | Trademarks

Hi, this is Dan Smith of DPS Legal Counsel, and welcome to today’s podcast episode of 21st Century Oil, where I talk about intellectual property and how it relates to entrepreneurship in the 21st century. Okay. Today I want to talk about what is commonly known...

Acronyms, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and Disclaimer of Merely Descriptive Terms

by Dan Smith | Aug 23, 2021 | Trademarks

What does “likelihood of confusion” mean when it comes to trademark applications and registration?

by Dan Smith | Aug 9, 2021 | Trademarks

In today’s episode, I discuss what it means when a USPTO trademark examiner issues a substantive office action claiming that an applicant’s trademark is likely to cause confusion under Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act with an existing federally registered...