Re: Registered Trademarks "case-sensitive"?

On 4/23/98, Stefan Kramer <skramer[_at_]cac.washington.edu> wrote:

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(You didn't say what country's trademark laws you are asking about; I will assume you mean the United States.)

Some trademark registrations are for marks represented in plain block letters. Others are "stylized", for example in a particular typeface or color combination or arrangement of capital and lower-case letters. The former are intended to apply to the mark regardless of the typeface and color and typography. The latter are not.

But it should not be forgotten that the owner of a trademark registration may easily have common-law trademark rights that cover things that the registration does not.

If you really care about the answers to these questions, then you need to consult competent trademark counsel who can take into account the detailed facts of your situation.

If it's only general background information you are seeking, then you may wish to take a look at http://www.patents.com/trademar.sht and other sites cited there.

Carl Oppedahl
<carl[_at_]oppedahl.com> Received on Fri Apr 24 1998 - 13:15:03 GMT