Protect Your Name & Logo
Your name and mark are essential to your corporate identity. Risso I.P. helps you protect that identity by performing a trademark search. Based in Los Angeles, we serve clients nationwide.
Your Mark Matters
When customers see your name or logo on a product, they know that it represents quality. You've worked hard to build your reputation; it's important that you prevent other companies from taking advantage of that goodwill. Registering a federal trademark is the only way to prevent other entities from using your mark. Our intellectual property attorneys help you obtain a trademark and protect your brand.
Trademark Search
The first step in obtaining a trademark is completing a search. We perform a thorough search and provide you with all similar names that appear in the market, in the federal register, in all state registers, and in several applicable common law databases.
Contact us to begin the trademark registration process or get more information about trademark protection. We're here to answer all your questions.
Trademark FAQs
What Is a Trademark?
A trademark is a word, name, symbol, or device that is used in trade with goods to indicate the source of the goods and to distinguish them from the goods of others. A service mark is the same as a trademark except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than a product. The terms "trademark" and "mark" are commonly used to refer to both trademarks and service marks. In short, a trademark is a brand name.
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What Is the Term of a Trademark?
A federally registered trademark has a term of 10 or 20 years, depending upon when it was registered. The registration may be renewed upon meeting certain requirements.
Do I Need to Register My Trademark?
No. However, federal registration has several advantages including notice to the public of the registrant's claim of ownership of the mark, a legal presumption of ownership nationwide, and the exclusive right to use the mark on or in connection with the goods or services set forth in the registration.
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What Protection Does a Trademark Provide?
Trademark rights may be used to prevent others from using a confusingly similar mark, but not to prevent others from making the same goods or from selling the same goods or services under a clearly different mark. In order to prevent others from making the same goods, the inventor needs to obtain patent protection.
What Are the Benefits of Federal Trademark Registration?
1.) Constructive notice nationwide of the trademark owner's claim.
2.) Evidence of ownership of the trademark.
3.) Jurisdiction of federal courts may be invoked.
4.) Registration can be used as a basis for obtaining registration in foreign countries.
5.) Registration may be filed with US Customs Service to prevent importation of infringing foreign goods.
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