When you come up with your own private label, you want to register a trademark. How do you know what your chances are that it will actually be registered? https://youtu.be/BbM0Zvtvwq4 We have clients that come to us who’ve been selling their product for years and they decide they want to register with the USPTO (United States…
Protecting Merchandise Income 1. Band Name The very first thing that every single band should register is their name. You can trademark your band’s name yourself by going to USPTO.gov. It takes about 6 months to a year to register. It is much easier and faster to protect your merchandise in the future against counterfeiters…
Merchandise Protection for Bands & Musicians via Trademarks Bands/musicians make most of their income from concerts and selling merchandise. We know how to protect those sales from counterfeiters. https://youtu.be/wlQWs1_n4F8 To protect the sales of t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts and other clothing, it is important as a band to file trademarks for your apparel. Trademark Protection for…
May 23, 2019 – Manchester, UK At 1:30 pm, Anthony Famularo, Esq., founding partner of AmazonSellersLawyer.com, will be speaking about private label brand protection. Anthony Famularo is Partner & Managing Attorney at Rosenbaum Famularo, PC (AmazonSellersLawyer.com). Anthony has been with the firm since it was founded. As Managing Attorney, he has experience in handling thousands…
5/29/19 – 5/31/19 Retail Global Gold Coast is back on May 29 – 31, 2019! There will be over 1000 attendees, 100+ speakers, and 75+ exhibitors – including Amazon Sellers Lawyer CJ Rosenbaum, so make sure you come and say hi at booth #39. Use coupon code “ASL100” to get $100 off your Full Conference…
Intellectual property rights actions to take on some of the leading ecommerce websites such as Amazon, Alibaba, Etsy, eBay. Learn practical methods to protect sales of branded merchandise online and submit enforcement actions when counterfeiters are selling products with your logos, names and other intellectual property rights that you own. How can intellectual property rights…
Keurig. Starbucks. Barilla. McDonald’s. Tide. One of these things is obviously not like the other. But in truth, none of them are like each other by law. They are five distinct trademarks, each loud and proud about what their products and services stand for. Each conveying information, standards and branding about their goods. Just one…
PROTECTING YOUR B(R)AND Trademark Infringement Actions Registering your products for trademark is extremely important for bands to keep their merchandising profits specific to them. A trademark is “any word, name, symbol, or design or any combination thereof, used in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from those of another…
When a seller is deciding on what trademark to use, it’s important to ensure that an existing trademark does not have priority. Put simply, having priority means the seller’s prospective trademark must be the first in commercial use within its geographic area. Typically, a trademark unregistered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”)…
Descriptive Trademarks New private label brands seeking a trademark from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) need to know what “descriptive language” refers to when it comes to private label trademark applications. Private label brand owners need to know how to avoid trademark application rejections for “descriptive” marks. In sum, “descriptive,” as it…
Protecting your Band’s Merchandise Sales from Counterfeiters / Unauthorized Sellers Copyright Infringement Actions There are two requirements for your work to be protected by a copyright heading: 1) Fixation, and 2) Originality. The work must be fixed in a tangible medium of expression that can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with…
Your logo, like your brand name, will be used by customers to identify your brand. Similar to your brand name, there are myriad issues to keep in mind when developing a logo. The following is a guide for private label sellers as to the different types of logos that can be successfully developed. Lettermark or…
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a law passed by Congress in 1998 meant to protect copyrights on the internet and other digital media formats. [1] The DMCA contains several provisions that help to protect copyright holder’s rights abroad as well as a procedure for copyright holders to initiate “takedowns” of counterfeit merchandise. The…
Trademark & Copyright Registration Trademarks serve a dual purpose. First, trademarks protect customers. Trademarks assure customers of the quality of the product they purchase. Second, trademarks protect brands. If your brand’s mark is on a product and another seller provides counterfeit goods with your mark, you may bring legal action against that seller and recover…
