Registering a trade mark is essential if you want to protect your business. But there’s a wrong way and a right way to go about it. To help you avoid the pitfalls, we’ve listed five of the biggest mistakes businesses [...]
You can use a trade mark without registering it. However, doing so puts your business at considerable risk. Why? Because without a registered trade mark, you don’t have an exclusive right to use that trade mark. This could have serious [...]
Losing your trade mark is a real possibility if you’re not careful. If you thought that once registered, you had it for life, think again. The cancellation, or revoking of your trade mark, can happen if you don’t use it [...]
How much thought have you given to your vegan trade mark? Your world is changing, challenging your ideas. But protecting your intellectual property must remain a top priority. Take a look at the vegan movement that’s gaining momentum at the [...]
Someone is using your trade mark. How dare they? You have spent a great deal of time, money, and energy building up your brand and protecting it, and now someone has come along to try and ride on your coattails. [...]
Intellectual property and small businesses aren’t two phrases you normally see together. In fact, intellectual property security may not be something you’ve given a lot of thought to if you run a small business. In fact, you may not even [...]
If it were easy to register a trade mark, trade mark attorneys wouldn’t exist. Their very existence shows that a process that appears simple is fraught with pitfalls waiting to trap unsuspecting DIYers. Before we go any further, let’s recap on [...]
DIY trade mark registration is an attractive option for many small businesses. After all, the internet is full of advice to help you, do you need to pay professional fees? All I would say to you, is would you do your [...]
Passing off – should it be relied on? The simple answer to that is no. It’s a law that relates to unregistered trade marks and exists to prevent someone ‘passing off’ their products or services as being yours. The word [...]
Trade mark searches are vital so don't treat them lightly. Regardless of your entrepreneurial spirit, unerring faith in your abilities (even in areas where you have no formal training), and Scrooge-like attitude to professional fees, it is vital you employ [...]
