Trademark FAQs

We align legal fees with matter complexity, risk, and predictability needs. Most litigation proceeds on hourly billing, but we scope phases with budgets and[...]

Yes. We regularly seek and defend temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions in Illinois courts and in the Northern District of Illinois when swift[...]

Yes. We begin with practical, business-first strategies to resolve business disputes efficiently and discreetly. Counsel-to-counsel discussions often narrow issues and lead to tailored solutions—staged[...]

Yes. Our Chicago business attorneys routinely appear in the Circuit Court of Cook County—most frequently at the Daley Center in the Law and Chancery[...]

Our Chicago business attorneys represent entrepreneurs, small and mid-sized companies, owners and professionals, and contractors in business disputes and contract disputes throughout Illinois. Our[...]

When a name or design (or name + design) conflict pops up in a trademark clearance search or an Office Action, many entrepreneurs reach[...]

You launched your business, found a name customers like, and pushed a federal trademark application across the finish line. Seeing “REGISTERED” next to your[...]

One of the most exciting moments for any Illinois startup founder is naming the business. Whether it’s a clever play on words, a bold[...]

Ensure smooth ownership transitions for cash-poor businesses! Life insurance can provide much-needed liquidity to a business when a co-owner dies, ensuring the surviving owners[...]

Selling or buying a business in Illinois requires careful planning to avoid inheriting unwanted liabilities. Illinois law and regulations impose certain liability clearance requirements[...]

In trademark law, establishing a likelihood of confusion often hinges not only on the similarity of the trademarks themselves, but also on whether the[...]

While this specific occurrence happened a couple years ago, our Chicago trademark attorneys believe that this matter showcases a variety of issues that can[...]

From an economic standpoint, a trademark is a source identifier that allows consumers to identify goods or services that have been successful (or have[...]

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) regulates the trademark application and registration of federal trademarks in the United States.

While a trademark is used to distinguish goods used in commerce from one another, a service mark is used to identify and distinguish the[...]

While you are not required to register your trademark, many valuable benefits are obtained by federal trademark registration.

A federal trademark registration has the ability to last indefinitely, but the duration of an initial trademark registration is 10 years. Between year 9[...]

A trademark is any word, name, symbol or device, that is either currently in use or will be used in commerce by an individual[...]

Generally, any word, phrase, or device has the potential to achieve federal trademark registration. As long as the potential trademark identifies the source of[...]

Our trademark attorneys can perform a a trademark search and return the analysis and results within 5 days. We will discuss the results from[...]

The length from application to registration could be anywhere from a couple months to several years. Each trademark application is unique in the amount[...]

You do not need to use a trademark attorney, however, just as you do not need to register your trademark, having a trademark attorney[...]

We are often asked the question of whether a company should admit a key service provider as a member/shareholder and provide him/her with a[...]

A federally registered trademark creates valuable benefits, including: Public notice of your ownership in the trademark, Creation of a legal presumption that you own[...]