{"id":178,"date":"2015-04-08T20:54:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T20:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amerilawyer-blog.local\/?p=178"},"modified":"2017-03-28T20:47:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T20:47:32","slug":"protect-your-brand-with-a-trademark-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/business\/protect-your-brand-with-a-trademark-registration","title":{"rendered":"Protect Your Brand With A Trademark Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The use of the brand name of your product or service in the marketplace will establish trademark rights for the owner, but a recent Court decision underscores the value of filing a Federal trademark. Because the brand owner did not file a trademark, their competitor was not only allowed to keep the trademark but also limit the use by the original owner!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/trademark\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Filing for your trademark<\/a> <\/span>as soon as possible will prevent this and others from filing for their own trademark using your brand name, saving you from expense of litigation in the future and creating an asset for your business. Filing for your trademark also allows you to use the <a href=\"http:\/\/amerilawyer-blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/100px-RegisteredTM.svg_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-181\" src=\"http:\/\/amerilawyer-blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/100px-RegisteredTM.svg_.png\" alt=\"100px-RegisteredTM.svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" \/><\/a>\u00a0symbol and your right to recover enhanced damages for infringement. Each of these will help deter competitors, cybersquatters, or others from infringing on your brand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amerilawyer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-182 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amerilawyer-blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FullSizeRender-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"FullSizeRender\" width=\"325\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FullSizeRender-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FullSizeRender-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FullSizeRender-580x329.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The law firm of<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spiegel &amp; Utrera, P.A.<\/a><\/strong><\/span> will provide you with professional and quality service toward the processing of your Trademark<strong>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/trademark\/tm_copyright.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Copyright<\/a> <\/span>or Trade Dress order.<\/strong> Below we\u2019ve provided links for Trademark, Trade Dress, and Copyright information. We hope to answer all your questions. It is possible that there might be some unanswered questions even after you look through our material. Never hesitate to give us a call. Of course if you know all that there is to know about Trademark registrations, Trademark searches, Common Law searches, Trade Dress, Copyright, et cetera then you may proceed to the online secure order forms. <strong>Spiegel &amp; Utrera, P.A.<\/strong> will deliver the professional service and affordable prices that all our clients have come to expect from us!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/trademark\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/trademark\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Phone: (800) 603-3900<br \/>\nEmail: info@Amerilawyer.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,68],"tags":[70,26,69,44],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-legal-services","category-trademark","tag-court","tag-legal-services","tag-litigation","tag-trademark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amerilawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}