Trademark Legal Care for Your Business & Product Name Book

Trademarks the names and symbols that identify your business, brand and products in the marketplace --are important assets that you need to choose carefully, then vigilantly protect. With Trademark, you get the most up-to-date information you need to defend your creations. Learn how to:

• choose distinctive marks that competitors can't copy
• search for other marks that might conflict with your own
• register your name or other mark with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
• protect your marks from use by others and maintain their legal strength
• understand and resolve trademark disputes outside the courtroom
• apply trademark law to domain names and web pages

Thoroughly revised and updated, the latest edition of Trademark provides all new information regarding the latest domain names, changes to the USPTO's electronic trademark programs, new electronic forms for various marks, new information on the Federal Dilution Act — and much more. It also includes a new glossary of trademark terms. Includes all necessary forms and step-by-step instructions to register a mark with the USPTO.About the Author
Stephen R. Elias is an attorney and associate publisher at Nolo.com. He is the author of many Nolo titles, including: How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Trademark: Legal Care For Your Business and Product Name, Legal Research: How to Find and Understand the Law, and Nolo's Pocket Guide to Family Law. Steve has been interviewed by most major media including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Good Morning America, 20/20, Money Magazine and more. He received his law degree from Hastings College of Law and practiced law in California, New York and Vermont before joining Nolo in 1980. In recent years much of Steve's time at Nolo has been devoted to the fields of self-help legal software and online legal information. He is one of the original authors/designers of Nolo's bestselling WillMaker program, as well as the software version of Nolo's Patent It Yourself.