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- Trademarks | USPTO
Find out how to register and maintain a trademark in the U S , apply for an international trademark, and about protecting your registered trademark
- Geographic Trademarks: When Can You Use a City or State in Your . . .
A geographic trademark is a trademark that includes a name of a location, such as a city, state, or region The primary concern of the USPTO in evaluating these marks is whether the geographic term primarily describes where the goods or services originate
- When Can Your Trademark Contain a Geographic Location?
However, it may surprise you to learn that your trademark application is likely to be refused if your mark contains a well-known geographic location That’s because the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will reject marks that are known as “primarily geographic descriptive ”
- Trademark Registration For Geographic Trademarks | TM Attorneys
Incorporating geographic terms into trademarks is a strategy frequently used to suggest a connection between a product or service and a specific place, often implying attributes like quality or style associated with that location
- Location Or Protectable Trademark: Miller Canfield
Section 2 (e) (2) of the Trademark Act, 15 U S C §1052 (e) (2) explicitly prohibits the registration of trademarks on the Principal Register if the trademark is “primarily geographically descriptive” of the goods or services specified in the trademark application
- Geographic Trademarks
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a trademark is considered primarily geographic if it identifies a real and important place, like a country, city, state, continent, locality, region, area, or street
- Search our trademark database | USPTO
A search you complete before applying for a trademark registration to make sure your trademark is available to register for your particular goods or services, and to make sure that no other trademark conflicts with it
- Geographic Trademarks: Can I Trademark the Name of a Place?
This article will delve a bit deeper into the legal framework surrounding Geographic Trademarks and when how they may be permissible However, if a geographic term within a mark is the central feature of the mark such that the mark’s primary significance is geographic, the mark will be refused
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