What is a Trademark or Servicemark ? How to Protect your Name

What is a Trademark or Servicemark ? How to Protect your Name Date: Monday August 17, 2015 Time: 10:00 am- 12 noon Location: Blue Ridge Community College Henderson County Campus Flat Rock Building: Continuing Education Building Room 122 Cost: No charge due to sponsor support What is a Trademark or Servicemark ? How to Protect your Name A trademark is a word, name, symbol, or device that is used in trade with goods to indicate the source of the goods and to distinguish them from the goods of others. A servicemark is the same as a trademark except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than a product. The terms “trademark” and “mark” are commonly used to refer to both trademarks and servicemarks. Trademark rights may be used to prevent others from using a confusingly similar mark, but not to prevent others from making the same goods or from selling the same goods or services under a clearly different mark. Trademarks that are used in interstate or foreign commerce may be registered with the USPTO. The registration procedure for trademarks and general information concerning trademarks can be found in the separate book entitled “Basic Facts about Trademarks.

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