INTA’s Legal Resources Index
Abandonment
Loss of Trademark Rights (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Advertising
- Green Advertising Guidelines in the United States and Canada (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
- Online Advertising and Use of Others’ Marks (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Online Advertising and Use of Others’ Marks (Intended for a non-legal audience) (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- U.S. State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law (Reference)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
- The UDRP and URS: Alternative Dispute Resolution for Domain Name Disputes (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- INTA’s Directory of Trademark Mediators
Apparel
Fashion Law (Industry Impression)
Appellations of Origin
- Geographical Indications (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Guide to GIs and Certification & Collective Marks (Practice Guide)
Assignments
- Country Guides (Practice Guide)
- Assignments, Licensing, and Valuation of Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Loss of Trademark Rights (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Trademark Assignment Agreements (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Assignments (Fact Sheet: Assignments, Licenses, and Valuation)
- Trademark Due Diligence (Practitioners’ Checklist)
Audits
- Licensor’s Quality Control (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Proving that a Mark is Famous or Well-Known (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Tax and Trademark Planning Pointers for Trademark Practitioners (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Audits (Practitioners’ Checklist)
Brand Valuation
- Assignments, Licensing, and Valuation of Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Brand Valuation (Fact Sheet: Assignments, Licenses, and Valuation)
Business Names
Business Names (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Cancellation
- Cancellation of a Registered Trademark (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Trademark Cancellations Guide (Practice Guide)
Cease & Desist Letters
- Cease and Desist Letter for Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, or Claim of Dilution (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Responding to a Cease and Desist Letter for Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, or Claim of Dilution (Practitioners’ Checklist)
Certification Marks
- Certification Marks (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Geographical Indications (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Green Advertising Guidelines in the United States and Canada (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
- Guide to GIs and Certification & Collective Marks (Practice Guide)
Chain of Title
- Assignments, Licensing, and Valuation of Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Trademark Assignment Agreements (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Assignments (Fact Sheet: Assignments, Licenses, and Valuation)
- Trademark Due Diligence (Practitioners’ Checklist)
Coexistence Agreements
Settlement and Coexistence Agreements (Practitioners’ Checklist)
Collective Marks
Guide to GIs and Certification & Collective Marks (Practice Guide)
Colleges & Universities
Protection of College and University Trademarks on Insignia Wear (Industry Impression)
Consumers
Resources for Consumers (Web Page)
Copyright
- Trade Dress Guide (Practice Guide)
- Using Third-Party Logos & Trademarks in Downloadable Applications, Games, and Other Online Materials (Industry Impression)
Counterfeiting
- Counterfeiting (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Counterfeiting (Intended for a non-legal audience) (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Fashion Law (Industry Impression)
- Free Trade Zones (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
- Resources for Consumers (Web Page)
- Trademark Infringement (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Country Overviews
- Country Guides (Practice Guide)
- Quick-Start Trademark Chart
Cybersquatting
- The UDRP and URS: Alternative Dispute Resolution for Domain Name Disputes (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Trademark Infringement (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Damages
- Counterfeiting (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Counterfeiting (Intended for a non-legal audience) (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Data Protection
Data Protection (Fact Sheet: Data)
Defenses
- Fair Use of Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Fair Use of Trademarks (Intended for a Non-Legal Audience) (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Opposing a Trademark Application (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Trademark Cancellations Guide (Practice Guide)
Design Rights
- Community Design/EU Design (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
- Enforcement of Industrial Designs (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
- Industrial Design Rights (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
- Registration of Industrial Designs (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
Dictionaries—Trademark Misuse
Misuse of Trademarks in Dictionaries and Style Guides (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Dilution
- Cease and Desist Letter for Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, or Claim of Dilution (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Famous and Well-Known Marks (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Proving that a Mark is Famous or Well-Known (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Responding to a Cease and Desist Letter for Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, or Claim of Dilution (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Dilution (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Trademark Dilution (Intended for a Non-Legal Audience) (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Discovery in Litigation
- Discovery Requests in Trademark Cases Under U.S. Law (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Intellectual Property Surveys (1998-2024)
- Practitioner Checklist for Trademark Surveys (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Cancellations Guide (Practice Guide)
- Trademark Surveys—United States and International Perspectives (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Distinctiveness
- Considerations in Selecting a Trademark (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Trademark Strength (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- U.S. Trademark Registrations: Principal Register vs. Supplemental Register (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Domain Names
- Country Guides (Practice Guide)
- Differences Between Trademarks and Domain Names (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Domain Names (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- ICANN (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Online Advertising and Use of Others’ Marks (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Online Advertising and Use of Others’ Marks (Intended for a non-legal audience) (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- The UDRP and URS: Alternative Dispute Resolution for Domain Name Disputes (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Trademark Due Diligence (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- WHOIS Challenges: A Toolkit for Intellectual Property Professionals
Due Diligence
- Mobile Applications Trademark Clearance and Enforcement Checklist (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Audits (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Creation (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Due Diligence (Practitioners’ Checklist)
Enforcement
- Enforcement in Social Media (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Enforcement of Industrial Designs (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
- Opposing a Trademark Application (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Protection of Olympic Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Settlement and Coexistence Agreements (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Infringement (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Trademark Surveys—United States and International Perspectives (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Trade Dress (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Trademark Enforcement Guide (Practice Guide)
- Trademark Opposition Guide (Practice Guide)
- WHOIS Challenges: A Toolkit for Intellectual Property Professionals
Environmental and “Green” Claims
Green Advertising Guidelines in the United States and Canada (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
European Union
- Community Design/EU Design (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
- European Union Trade Mark (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- European Union Trade Mark and Madrid Protocol Comparison (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Evidence
- Evidence Gathering (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Intellectual Property Surveys (1998-2024)
- Practitioner Checklist for Trademark Surveys (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Proving that a Mark is Famous or Well-Known (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Surveys—United States and International Perspectives (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Fair Use
- Fair Use of Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Fair Use of Trademarks (Intended for a Non-Legal Audience) (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Using Third-Party Logos & Trademarks in Downloadable Applications, Games, and Other Online Materials (Industry Impression)
Famous Trademarks
- Famous and Well-Known Marks (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Protection of Olympic Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Proving that a Mark is Famous or Well-Known (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Dilution (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Trademark Dilution (Intended for a Non-Legal Audience) (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Fashion
Fashion Law (Industry Impression)
Fees
- Trademark Fees (Global) (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Trademark Fees (United States) (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Figurative Use
Figurative Use (United States) (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Flags or National Symbols
- Loss of Trademark Rights (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Trademark Use (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
Fluid Trademarks
Fluid Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
Food & Beverage
Trade Dress in the Food and Beverage Industries: Manufacturer’s and Retailer’s Views (Industry Impression)
International Filing
- European Union Trade Mark (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Filing a Trademark Application Outside the United States (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- International Trademark Rights (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Registering Trademarks Outside Your Home Country: A Checklist of Filing Instructions to Foreign Associates (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Fees (Global) (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Free Trade Zones
Free Trade Zones (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Domain Names (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Trademarks vs. Generic Terms (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
Geographical Indications
- Certification Marks (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Geographical Indications (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Guide to GIs and Certification & Collective Marks (Practice Guide)
Goodwill
Trademark Assignments (Fact Sheet: Assignments, Licenses, and Valuation)
Gray Market Goods
Parallel Imports (Gray Market Goods) (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
ICANN
- Domain Names (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- ICANN (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- The UDRP and URS: Alternative Dispute Resolution for Domain Name Disputes (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
Importing and Exporting
- Free Trade Zones (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
- Parallel Imports (Gray Market Goods) (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
Industrial Property Rights
- Enforcement of Industrial Designs (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
- Industrial Design Rights (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
- Learn the Language (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Registration of Industrial Designs (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
Infringement
- Cease and Desist Letter for Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, or Claim of Dilution (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Counterfeiting (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Counterfeiting (Intended for a non-legal audience) (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Evidence Gathering (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Fair Use of Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Fair Use of Trademarks (Intended for a Non-Legal Audience) (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Famous and Well-Known Marks (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Figurative Use (United States) (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Online Advertising and Use of Others’ Marks (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Online Advertising and Use of Others’ Marks (Intended for a non-legal audience) (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Opposing a Trademark Application (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Responding to a Cease and Desist Letter for Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, or Claim of Dilution (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Enforcement Guide (Practice Guide)
- Trademark Infringement (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Trademark Registration (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- WHOIS Challenges: A Toolkit for Intellectual Property Professionals
Injunctions
Trademark Enforcement Guide (Practice Guide)
Intellectual Property Basics
- Enforcement of Industrial Designs (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
- Industrial Design Rights (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
- Learn the Language (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Registration of Industrial Designs (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
International Registration
International Trademark Rights (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
International Trademark Rights
- Community Design/EU Design (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
- European Union Trade Mark and Madrid Protocol Comparison (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Fees for International Registration Applications Under the Madrid Protocol (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
- Filing a Trademark Application Outside the United States (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- International Trademark Rights (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- International Treaties (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
- Madrid Protocol (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
- Madrid System Guide (Practice Guide)
- Registering Trademarks Outside Your Home Country: A Checklist of Filing Instructions to Foreign Associates (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Fees (Global) (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
International Treaties
- International Treaties (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
- Madrid Protocol (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
Internet
- Domain Names (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Enforcement in Social Media (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- ICANN (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- The UDRP and URS: Alternative Dispute Resolution for Domain Name Disputes (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
Investigations
- Cease and Desist Letter for Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, or Claim of Dilution (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Responding to a Cease and Desist Letter for Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, or Claim of Dilution (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Investigations (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- WHOIS Challenges: A Toolkit for Intellectual Property Professionals
Keyword Advertising
- Online Advertising and Use of Others’ Marks (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Online Advertising and Use of Others’ Marks (Intended for a non-legal audience) (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
Law & Practice
Legal Developments
Licensing
- Assignments, Licensing, and Valuation of Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Country Guides (Practice Guide)
- Licensor’s Quality Control (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Loss of Trademark Rights (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Trade Dress Guide (Practice Guide)
- Trademark Due Diligence (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Licensing (Fact Sheet: Assignments, Licenses, and Valuation)
Litigation
- Cancellation of a Registered Trademark (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Trademark Surveys—United States and International Perspectives (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Logos & Insignia
- Protection of College and University Trademarks on Insignia Wear (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Using Third-Party Logos & Trademarks in Downloadable Applications, Games, and Other Online Materials (Industry Impression)
Madrid System
- European Union Trade Mark (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- European Union Trade Mark and Madrid Protocol Comparison (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Fees for International Registration Applications Under the Madrid Protocol (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
- Filing a Trademark Application Outside the United States (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- International Trademark Rights (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Madrid Protocol (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
- Madrid System Guide (Practice Guide)
Maintenance
Maintenance and Renewal (Fact Sheet: Maintaining a Registration)
Marking Requirements
- Marking Requirements (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Marking Requirements (Intended for a non-legal audience) (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Mediation
Membership
Metatags
- Online Advertising and Use of Others’ Marks (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Online Advertising and Use of Others’ Marks (Intended for a non-legal audience) (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
Mobile Apps
- Mobile Applications Trademark Clearance and Enforcement Checklist (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Using Third-Party Logos & Trademarks in Downloadable Applications, Games, and Other Online Materials (Industry Impression)
Nontraditional Trademarks
Nontraditional Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
Non-Use
Loss of Trademark Rights (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Notarization/Legalization Requirements
Trademark Cancellations Guide (Practice Guide)
Notice and Take Down
Enforcement in Social Media (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Olympic Trademarks
Protection of Olympic Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Opposition
- Opposing a Trademark Application (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Trademark Opposition Guide (Practice Guide)
Ownership
- Assignments, Licensing, and Valuation of Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Evidence Gathering (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Assignment Agreements (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Audits (Practitioners’ Checklist)
Parallel Imports
Parallel Imports (Gray Market Goods) (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
Passing Off & Unfair Competition
Trademark Infringement (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Portfolio Management
- Brand Valuation (Fact Sheet: Assignments, Licenses, and Valuation)
- Trademark Audits (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Creation (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Portfolio Management Strategies (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Pre-Litigation Activities
- Cancellation of a Registered Trademark (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Cease and Desist Letter for Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, or Claim of Dilution (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- INTA’s Directory of Trademark Mediators
- Intellectual Property Surveys (1998-2024)
- Mobile Applications Trademark Clearance and Enforcement Checklist (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Practitioner Checklist for Trademark Surveys (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Responding to a Cease and Desist Letter for Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, or Claim of Dilution (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Enforcement Guide (Practice Guide)
- Trademark Investigations (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Opposition Guide (Practice Guide)
- Trademark Registration (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Trademark Searching (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- WHOIS Challenges: A Toolkit for Intellectual Property Professionals
Principal v. Supplemental Registration
U.S. Trademark Registrations: Principal Register vs. Supplemental Register (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Pro Bono
Quality Control
- Trademark Licensing (Fact Sheet: Assignments, Licenses, and Valuation)
- Licensor’s Quality Control (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Settlement and Coexistence Agreements (Practitioners’ Checklist)
Recording Requirements
Trademark Assignment Agreement (Practitioners’ Checklist)
Registration
- Business Names (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Country Guides (Practice Guide)
- Filing a Trademark Application in the United States (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Fluid Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Maintenance and Renewal (Fact Sheet: Maintaining a Registration)
- Nontraditional Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Registering Trademarks Outside Your Home Country: A Checklist of Filing Instructions to Foreign Associates (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Service Marks (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- State Trademark Registrations in the United States (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Trade Dress (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Trade Dress Guide (Practice Guide)
- Trademark Administration (Reference)
- Trademark Due Diligence (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Searching (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- U.S. Trademark Registrations: Principal Register vs. Supplemental Register (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Remedies
- Evidence Gathering (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Cancellations Guide(Practice Guide)
Renewal
- Differences Between Trademarks and Domain Names (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Maintenance and Renewal (Fact Sheet: Maintaining a Registration)
Scams
Unsolicited Offers for Trademark-Related Services in the United States (Fact Sheet: Maintaining a Registration)
Searching and Clearance
- Business Names (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Considerations in Selecting a Trademark (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Mobile Applications Trademark Clearance and Enforcement Checklist (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trade Dress Guide (Practice Guide)
- Trademark Administration (Reference)
- Trademark Clearance Search (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Registration (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Trademark Searching (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Secondary Meaning
U.S. Trademark Registrations: Principal Register vs. Supplemental Register (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Selecting a Trademark
- Business Names (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Considerations in Selecting a Trademark (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- European Union Trade Mark and Madrid Protocol Comparison (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Service Marks
Service Marks (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
Settlement Agreements
Settlement & Coexistence Agreements (Practitioners’ Checklist)
SMEs (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises)
- Pro Bono Resources
- Resources for SMEs (Web Page)
Social Media
Enforcement in Social Media (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
State Trademark Registrations
See U.S. States—State-Level Registration
Style Guides—Trademark Misuse
Misuse of Trademarks in Dictionaries and Style Guides (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Supplemental Register
U.S. Trademark Registrations: Principal Register vs. Supplemental Register (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Surveys
- Intellectual Property Surveys (1998-2024)
- Practitioner Checklist for Trademark Surveys (Industry Impression)
- Trademark Surveys—United States and International Perspectives (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
Tax
Tax and Trademark Planning Pointers for Trademark Practitioners (Practitioners’ Checklist)
Trade Dress
- Fashion Law (Industry Impression)
- Industrial Design Rights (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
- Registration of Industrial Designs (Fact Sheet: Design Rights)
- Trade Dress (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Trade Dress Guide (Practice Guide)
- Trade Dress in the Food and Beverage Industries: Manufacturer’s and Retailer’s Views (Industry Impression)
Trademark Administration
- Assignments, Licensing, and Valuation of Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Brand Valuation (Fact Sheet: Assignments, Licenses, and Valuation)
- Fees for International Registration Applications Under the Madrid Protocol (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
- Madrid Protocol (Fact Sheet: Cross-Border Topics)
- Madrid System Guide (Practice Guide)
- Maintenance and Renewal (Fact Sheet: Maintaining a Registration)
- Pro Bono Resources (Web Page)
- Quick-Start Trademark Chart
- Tax and Trademark Planning Pointers for Trademark Practitioners (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trade Dress Guide (Practice Guide)
- Trademark Administration (Reference)
- Trademark Assignments (Fact Sheet: Assignments, Licenses, and Valuation)
- Trademark Clearance Search (Practitioners’ Checklist)
- Trademark Fees (Global) (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Trademark Fees (United States) (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Trademark Licensing (Fact Sheet: Assignments, Licenses, and Valuation)
- Trademark Opposition Guide (Practice Guide)
- Trademark Portfolio Management Strategies (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Unsolicited Offers for Trademark-Related Services in the United States (Fact Sheet: Maintaining a Registration)
Trademark Basics
- Business Names (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Considerations in Selecting a Trademark (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- International Trademark Rights (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Learn the Language (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Pro Bono Resources (Web Page)
- Resources for Consumers (Web Page)
- Resources for SMEs (Web Page)
- Trademark Administration (Reference)
- Trademark Registration (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Trademark Strength (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Trademark Symbols (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Trademark Use (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
Trademark Creation
- Pro Bono Resources (Web Page)
- Resources for SMEs (Web Page)
- Trademark Administration(Reference)
- Trademark Creation (Practitioners’ Checklist)
Trademark Maintenance
- Trademark Fees (Global) (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Trademark Fees (United States) (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Trademark Marking
- Marking Requirements (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Marking Requirements (Intended for a non-legal audience) (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
Trademark Monetization
- Trademark Assignments (Fact Sheet: Assignments, Licenses, and Valuation)
- Trademark Licensing (Fact Sheet: Assignments, Licenses, and Valuation)
Trademark Registration
Trademark Registration (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
Trademark Symbols
- Trademark Symbols (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Marking Requirements (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Marking Requirements (Intended for a non-legal audience) (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Resources for Consumers (Web Page)
Trademark Use
- Filing a Trademark Application in the United States (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- Maintenance and Renewal (Fact Sheet: Maintaining a Registration)
- Misuse of Trademarks in Dictionaries and Style Guides (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- Service Marks (Fact Sheet: Types of Protection)
- Trademark Use (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
Trademarks v. Domain Names
- Differences Between Trademarks and Domain Names (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Domain Names (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- ICANN (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- Trademark Use (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
Unfair Competition
- Trademark Infringement (Fact Sheet: Protecting a Trademark)
- U.S. State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law (Reference)
Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
- Domain Names (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
- The UDRP and URS: Alternative Dispute Resolution for Domain Name Disputes (Fact Sheet: Domain Names and the Internet)
Unsolicited Offers
Unsolicited Offers for Trademark-Related Services in the United States (Fact Sheet: Maintaining a Registration)
U.S. Filings
- Filing a Trademark Application in the United States (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- U.S. State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law (Reference)
- U.S. Trademark Registrations: Principal Register vs. Supplemental Register (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
U.S. States – State-Level Registration
- Business Names (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- State Trademark Registrations in the United States (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)
- U.S. State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law (Reference)
Valuation
- Assignments, Licensing, and Valuation of Trademarks (Fact Sheet: Introduction to Trademarks)
- Brand Valuation (Fact Sheet: Assignments, Licenses, and Valuation)
WHOIS
WIPO
Filing a Trademark Application Outside the United States (Fact Sheet: Selecting and Registering a Trademark)