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International Trademarks and the Madrid Protocol

Protecting your logo and so on with a trademark is a smart move. Ah, but what about protecting it in the United States AND internationally?


Filling for a trademark is a smart move for practically any business. Although the process can be lengthy, the final approval gives you the ability to stop competitors from using your mark to confuse consumers and perhaps steal them.


To obtain a trademark, one has to file an application with the Patent and Trademark Office. The application sets out the areas, known as classes, you wish the mark to apply to. Once the PTO approves your application, it is published for comment. Assuming no objections are raised, your trademark is approved. It

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is important to understand, however, the mark only applies to the United States.


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2006 Trends in Intellectual Patent Rights

The costs to get a patent and the time it takes to get one due to the bureaucracy of the US Patent and Trademark Office is out of control. No longer can small garage inventors afford to get a patent for something they built in their garage that the world really needs. Instead the idea is stolen and some larger company simply starts mass-producing it as fast as possible and applies and gets the patents using in-house attorneys. The garage inventor is screwed as the costs for private attorneys to file these patents and the bureaucracy and time to move through the process is often unworkable. It is a typical government mess.


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How to Create a Name for Your Cleaning Business

Before you open the doors of your cleaning business you not only need equipment and supplies, you need a name for your business. The name of your company will be the first thing prospective clients see - whether that is in the phone book, on your company car, in an ad, or on a website. The name symbolizes what your cleaning business represents. So it is important to spend some time on choosing a name that not only fits your cleaning business, but also presents a positive image to customers, suppliers and employees.


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How To Set Up Your Business The Right Way

According to a report issued by the US Small Business Administration, in the year 2006 there were approximately 26 million small businesses in the US that generated 75 percent new jobs and formed almost 50 percent of non-farm private GDP (Gross Domestic Product).These statistics clearly indicate that the phenomenon of self-employment is rapidly gaining popularity. However, setting up one s own business is not an easy task. Here are a few useful tips that will help you to set up your own business in the right way.


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Registering Your Brands - Top 10 Benefits

Would you like to increase the value of your company s brands?


Through traditional advertising methods, you have already invested resources promoting your company and its brand names. There is an additional legal step you can take, however, to boost your brand s value and your company s prestige: register your brands with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C.


Many businesses, as a matter of course, file federal trademark applications each time they roll out a new product, logo, slogan or name. For example, in 2006 the number of trademark applications filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reached a record 354,775. ( Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2006 Other Accompanying Information, U.S.P.T.O.


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...set up your own business in the right way. Skills and Qualities Like every profession, an entrepreneur also requires a specific set of skills to excel. Your first step towards setting up your own business should be to conduct self- ...
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