Publications & Updates

At VeriTrademark®, a common costly mistake that we see businesses make is to confuse trade names with trademarks. Specifically, many companies incorrectly assume that o

Trademarks, especially when used as the primary logo, are usually one of the most distinctive visual cues for a brand. A trademark’s essential function is to distingu

PTA recently launched a branding campaign designed to position physical therapists as the experts in human motion. As part of its branding campaign, APTA rolled out the tag

Recent announcements from the Brazilian National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) and an approval on April 9, 2013 by the Brazilian Federal Government’s Forei

Litigation in the United States is expensive. Among the important skills a good attorney should possess is the ability to keep costs as low as possible.  

In New York Yankees Partnership v. Evil Enterprises, Inc., Opposition No. 91192764 (T.T.A.B. Feb. 8, 2013) (nonprecedential), the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB or

On March 5, 2013, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) found that the mark WHITE JASMINE & Design, as used with “beverages made of tea; black tea; flavouri

Under the Vietnam Intellectual Property Law (the IP Law), a patentee is entitled to request the competent authorities to enforce its patent rights against an infringement in

Viet Nam has became the WTO's 150th member on 11 January 2007. During this process, one of Vietnam's most ambitious undertakings is to upgrade the legal system in such a way that the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in the

Under the Intellectual Property (IP) Law of Vietnam, IP rights holders can rely on the following four measures to enforce their protected rights:

One of Vietnam's most ambitious undertakings on its way to WTO accession was to strengthen protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in the country by upgrading the legal system, without any transitional period, in such a way that i

China State Intellectual Property Office held a press conference in Beijing on November 11 and officially released the "National Patent Development Strategy (2011-2020)".Gan Shaoning, Deputy Director of SIPO said, the "National Patent Development Strategy