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Trademark lifecycle

Trademark lifecycle

Coming up with a good name is one of the most important tasks for a name company. It is also often very difficult. Here’s a simple roadmap of trademark’s lifecycle.

Mobile app icons as trademarks

Mobile app icons as trademarks

Trademarks are commercial signs that distinguish one product or service from another. In Apple's App Store and Google Play, different products and services are differentiated from each other primarily by their icons. Mobile app...

10 examples of suggestive brand names

10 examples of suggestive brand names

As we have said before in our other blog posts, suggestive brand names are often very useful. They are registrable (can be protected as trademarks) and they indicate some valuable information about the product or service. Here are 10 examples of great suggestive...

Trademark to-do list for SMEs and startups

Trademark to-do list for SMEs and startups

Trademark matters can be overwhelming for startups. According to a recent EU study, only a small minority, about 9%, of SMEs in the EU have protected any intellectual property despite it dramatically improving their performance. You can read more about that here....

Intellectual property rights and SME performance

Intellectual property rights and SME performance

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Trademark Office (EUIPO) have published a new study titled "Intellectual property rights and firm performance in the European Union". The study examines the prevalence of IP rights (IP rights included in the study were...

Is Volkswagen changing to Voltswagen? Here’s a clue.

Is Volkswagen changing to Voltswagen? Here’s a clue.

Yesterday it was reported that Volkswagen's electric vehicles will be sold under the brand name "Voltswagen" in the US. There's also speculation as to whether this is an April Fool's Day joke. Many sources are now saying that the change is for real. We think the...