IPTrademark
Your brand is your corporate identity. It’s your name, your appearance, how you represent your business and how others perceive it. Your marketing team will help you establish corporate and product names, logos and taglines that reflect and reinforce that identity. But the right legal counsel is critical to protect your brand at every stage of your business development. Without it, even the most perfectly crafted imagery and messaging can be rendered meaningless, leaving the business in a precarious and costly position.
From identification and registration to monitoring and enforcement, the complex trademark journey requires a mix of savvy legal and business counsel. Our team of experienced attorneys provides trusted advice to clients, enabling them to build and protect their brands with confidence and helping them:
- Search for availability and analyze risks before adopting a trademark
- Acquire trademarks through federal and state trademark registrations
- Integrate trademark portfolios with branding strategies and marketing campaigns
- Prepare trademark usage guides and programs
- Create trademark licensing programs to maximize revenue and protect trademark assets
- Implement trademark monitoring programs to identify infringing activities
- Prosecute and defend opposition and cancellation proceedings at the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board
- Prosecute and defend trademark infringement actions
Having backgrounds supporting businesses across a wide variety of commercial, consumer, educational, and entertainment industries gives us insight into the power of trademarks and what is needed to best protect clients. As factors like technology and consumer trends impact the way goods and services are bought and sold, the role, value, and needs of trademarks are continually evolving. We are constantly tracking and working at the front lines of that evolution, enabling us to educate and safeguard clients, keeping them on track and ahead of trends.
Our holistic counsel is more relational than transactional, which means clients can keep their focus where it matters most–on their businesses. We are equipped to identify triggers and know what areas of conflict may look like in front of a judge or a trademark examiner–so clients are prepared to resolve any potential conflict, with or without litigation. Indeed, by prioritizing trust alongside our clients’ business needs and goals, we look out for their long-term interest and position them for ongoing success.
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Brad Jubber Published an Intellectual Property Article in the Know Your Legal Rights Column of the State Bar of Wisconsin
May 25th, 2023
I’m excited to announce that I authored the article “Intellectual Property Rights for Emerging Businesses” for the State Bar of…
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Filing “Schedule A” Cases to Combat Counterfeiting on Online Marketplaces
May 24th, 2023
While Amazon’s increased efforts to stop counterfeiting are certainly welcome, the problem continues to persist. One increasingly popular…
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Linda Yang and Amanda Hyland Are Attending the International Trademark Association 2023 Annual Meeting Live+
May 5th, 2023
The 2023 International Trademark Association (INTA) 2023 Annual Meeting Live+ is less than one month away! We look forward to connecting…
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Copyright Damages Developments Among Major Circuits
April 28th, 2023
By number of total cases commenced in 2022, the largest five Courts of Appeals are the 9th (9,018 cases commenced), 5th (6,194 cases…
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Micheline Johnson Speaks on ASIPI Panel
April 27th, 2023
Taylor English partner Micheline Johnson spoke on a hybrid panel for both The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys…
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Jeff Kuester and Micheline Johnson Speak at FICPI’s April 2023 US Seminar on Developments in IP Law
April 24th, 2023
Taylor English partners Micheline Johnson and Jeff Kuester spoke on a hybrid work panel at The International Federation of Intellectual…
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Taylor English Continues National Expansion with the Addition of Intellectual Property Partner in New York
April 12th, 2023
NEW YORK (April 12, 2023) – An experienced New York City-based partner has joined Taylor English Duma LLP, firm leaders announced today….
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“Shark Tank” Winner Loses Bid to Dismiss False Advertising and Other Claims Asserted by Social Media Influencer
March 23rd, 2023
Introduction On March 1, 2023, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia entered an order denying the motion…
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The INFORM Consumers Act: Coming Soon To A Platform Near You
February 22nd, 2023
Attention brand owners and online marketplaces, some important changes are soon coming your way in the battle against counterfeit…
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Eighteen Taylor English Attorneys Named Among 2023 Georgia Super Lawyers
February 14th, 2023
Taylor English is pleased to announce that 16 of its attorneys have been included in the 2023 Super Lawyers list for Georgia, and an…
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New Trademark Office Action Deadlines Initiated 12/3/2022
December 12th, 2022
While those of you who frequently work with trademarks are already aware, the USPTO new three month deadline to respond to Trademark…
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Taylor English Receives Recognition in U.S. News & Best Lawyers 2023 “Best Law Firms” Rankings
November 3rd, 2022
ATLANTA, November 3, 2022 – Taylor English Duma LLP is pleased to announce the firm’s recognition in the 2023 edition of the U.S. News &…
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“New Tools Arrive for Removing Roadblocks to Federal Trademark Registration,” South Carolina Lawyer
September 9th, 2022
In the September issue of South Carolina Lawyer, Mike Cicero provides insights into, “New Tools Arrive for Removing Roadblocks to Federal…
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Fifty-Six Taylor English Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America
August 18th, 2022
ATLANTA, August 18, 2022 – Taylor English Duma is pleased to announce that 56 attorneys were recognized in 42 practice areas in the 2023…
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Managing Intellectual Property Recognizes Intellectual Property Practice, Names Partners Amanda Groover Hyland and Jeff Kuester as 2022 IP Stars
June 10th, 2022
Taylor English Duma LLP is pleased to announce that Managing Intellectual Property has recognized the firm’s intellectual property…
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Taylor English Earns Recognition in 2022 Chambers USA Rankings
June 3rd, 2022
Taylor English Duma LLP is pleased to announce the firm’s recognition in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA, a highly regarded legal…
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Taylor English Partner Amanda Groover Hyland Recognized as Leading Trademark Practitioner in the 2022 World Trademark Review 1000
May 20th, 2022
Taylor English is pleased to announce that for the fifth consecutive year partner Amanda Groover Hyland has been recognized as a leading…
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Conversations with TED: NFTs and Trademark Issues
May 17th, 2022
This episode of Conversations with TED discusses the evolving world of NFTs, cryptocurrency and the roles of trademarks and IP. With no…
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Taylor English Duma LLP Hires Six New Attorneys, Expands Footprint
April 18th, 2022
Six attorneys have joined the growing team at Taylor English Duma LLP, firm leaders announced today. Ken Bush, of Birmingham, Alabama,…
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“Trademark Challenges with NFT’s,” ACC/PBPA CLE Challenge
March 29th, 2022
On March 29, 2022, Amanda Hyland presented at the Association of Corporate Counsel – Georgia’s ACC/PBPA CLE Challenge. Hyland discussed,…
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Apple: the latest alleged trademark bully
March 15th, 2022
One of the most frustrating experiences for small or mid-size businesses is the trademark bully. The trademark bully, much like the…
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How to Mitigate Trademark Processing Delays at the USPTO
March 3rd, 2022
For trademark practitioners, we’ve all see processing time creep from three months, to six, and now to sometimes eight months. This is…
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Famous Marks Sold as NFTs, but not by Mark Owners. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
February 1st, 2022
In what is officially my 2022 “hot topic” in trademark law, the World Trademark Review has discovered significant trademark infringement…
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Functionality Crumbles Under Pocky
November 11th, 2021
Functionality Crumbles Under Pocky I recently co-wrote an article for the American Bar Association’s Landslide magazine that discusses a…
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Taylor English Receives Recognition in U.S. News & Best Lawyers 2022 “Best Law Firms” Rankings
November 5th, 2021
Taylor English Duma LLP is pleased to announce the firm’s recognition in the 2022 edition of the U.S. News & Best Lawyers “Best Law…
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Beware the Trademark Scammers
September 18th, 2021
This single trademark (TM) scammer victimized 2,900 people. His sentencing serves as a reminder to all those filing federal TM…
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Forty-Eight Taylor English Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America
August 20th, 2021
Taylor English Duma is pleased to announce that 48 attorneys were recognized in 39 practice areas in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers…
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Lawsuit against Netflix a primer in why you need an IP lawyer
July 7th, 2021
An indie filmmaker sued Netflix a few weeks ago, asserting that the film “Skater Girl” was a knockoff of his file “Sk8er Girl.”…
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“Pretzel Crisps” case a lesson in generic marks
June 9th, 2021
One of the foundations of trademark law is that certain words must remain in the public domain so that entities can properly describe…
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Taylor English Earns Recognition in 2021 Chambers USA Rankings
May 28th, 2021
Taylor English Duma LLP is pleased to announce the firm’s recognition in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA, a highly regarded legal…
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