Tag Archives: trademark

Trademarks — Use Them or Lose Them but Don’t Fudge It!

April 20, 2009 Adam Garson Trademark

The United States trademark system is a “use” based system. Using your trademark bestows upon you the benefits of trademark ownership so long as you are the first to identify your particular goods and services in the geographical region in which you do business. Use is paramount and can even trump another user’s valid federal […]

Linking May be Dangerous to Your Health

March 18, 2009 Adam Garson Internet Law, Trademark

In our Internet-enabled world, businesses that do not operate their own web site are the exception, not the rule. Web site owners constantly strive to create dynamic, interesting content. Sometimes, the courts rule they have gone too far even when the legal ice is very thin. Slate, the online daily, recently reported the following. A […]

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