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Owning a (Wholesome) Four Letter Word

By Steve Baird® on October 13, 2017
Posted in Advertising, Articles, Branding, Fashion, Marketing, Trademarks, USPTO

I’m not talking about those kinds of four letter words (by the way, we’re still awaiting the Brunetti decision to learn their fate), so today I’m talking about this wholesome kind:

Inquiring minds may wonder (and interested alumni) how the University of Iowa might go about owning federally-registered rights in the word IOWA to…

What Does “Trademark” Mean to You?

By Steve Baird® on February 13, 2011
Posted in Trademarks

Inherent in the question posed by the title of this post is the fact that the word "trademark" has more than one meaning, in fact, multiple meanings in the English language.

Yet, some trademark types would have you believe that there is only one true meaning to the word "trademark" and that this meaning is…

IP Grammar . . . and Those Who Cringe About It

By Steve Baird® on July 1, 2010
Posted in Mixed Bag of Nuts

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Last September, in my blog post entitled "What Does Trademarked Mean to You?," I wrote:

More than a few trademark types cringe when their clients or others say things like "let’s trademark it," "they didn’t trademark their logo," or "we don’t want to trademark this name," and, when they ask questions like "is

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