by Anastasios G. Garbis | Sep 24, 2017
Can I Trademark My Etsy Store? Yes! Just like any business name, you may successfully obtain a registered trademark on the name of your Etsy store if it meets certain requirements. What are trademarks and what do they protect? Trademarks operate to identify the...
by Anastasios G. Garbis | Sep 22, 2017
Did you know that the colors applied to a product or its packaging can function as a trademark and be entitled to registration under the Trademark Act? Companies like UPS (brown), T-Mobile (magenta), Target (red), John Deere (green and yellow) all have registered...
by Anastasios G. Garbis | Sep 15, 2017
With the NFL season in full swing, the Chicago Bears ended up losing a bit more than just their Week 1 match up against the Atlanta Falcons. Before the first game of the season, the Chicago Bears ran a campaign on Twitter which would have added Chicago’s logo to every...
by Anastasios G. Garbis | Jun 21, 2017
How many times have you been standing in a store in front of an item you want to buy, only to take out your phone to check how much it is on Amazon.com? It’s no secret that brick and mortar retail stores have been on the decline for some time with the ease (and...
by Anastasios G. Garbis | Jun 14, 2017
On June 9, 2017, KISS bassist and co-lead singer, Gene Simmons, filed a trademark application for a familiar hand gesture he uses on stage. According to the trademark application, the mark depicts a hand gesture “with the index and small fingers extended upward...
