US trademarks are signs and symbols used on products and services in the United States. A U.S. trademark refers to a protected trademark registered in accordance with the law with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
R standard means a registered trademark, that is, obtaining a trademark registration certificate, and is compulsorily protected by the relevant intellectual property laws of the place of registration. Others are not allowed to use the trademark without the permission of the trademark owner.
Notes on U.S. trademark registration.
1. Trademark rights come first.
Ownership of a U.S. trademark generally depends on use of the U.S. trademark. Generally speaking, even if the first user does not register a trademark in the United States, the second user registers the same or similar trademark; first, the person who actually uses the trademark has more rights than the person who uses the trademark later. Of course, from the perspective of trademark protection, the registration of user trademarks with the USPTO cannot be ignored.
2. Trademark description.
U.S. registered trademarks require a detailed description and explanation of the goods being applied for. In addition, the description of goods and services in its trademark registration application must be completely consistent with the actual information. If the description is very simple and broad, trademark registration will be refused.
3. The importance of trademark search.
In China, the search for similar trademarks is relatively obvious and can be seen at a glance, but the search results for trademarks registered in the United States are not obvious. In order to improve the success rate of trademark registration, third-party trademark registration agencies need to conduct inspections.
4. Issues that need to be paid attention to when applying domestically.
①The basic information of the trademark applicant must be consistent;
②The registered trademark submitted in the United States should be completely consistent with the domestic registered trademark;
③US trademark registration The scope of the trademark or service applied for protection must be smaller than the scope of goods or services specified in the domestic trademark registration.
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