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| Authored by: PJ on Tuesday, May 14 2013 @ 01:29 PM EDT |
That is already the case with patents, and
with trademarks, that you are supposed to do
a search.
The problem with patents is that there are so
many of them and there is no really effective way
to find what you are looking for. Proving
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| Authored by: albert on Tuesday, May 14 2013 @ 02:47 PM EDT |
I worked for a large multinational. They wanted to trademark a term I coined for
use in a computer program, so the application was made. Later, I got a call from
an attorney who represented a famous maker of computer peripherals, who own a
trademark that was similar to our pending application. He asked about the
meaning of our mark, and its use. I explained that it would apply to a very
small market sector of industrial users, and highly unlikely to become a well
known mark (as theirs was at the time). He said "I'm satisfied with your
explanation, and I don't have a problem with your mark."
And that was that. I never determined how he knew about our application.
Is there a way of monitoring trademark applications?
- too lazy to research it -
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