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Trademark Registration for your Small Business
How to Get the Registered Trademark:
There are number of requirements for obtaining a registered trademark. The properly prepared application is the core requirement for registering a trademark. Few steps are given below to acquire one for your small business:
Requirements of the Registered Trademark:
The foremost requirement is the small business owner’s name and address for a proper trademark filing. It is also meant for the correspondence.
The next is the requirement for a trademark registration is an accurately prepared catalog or record of the products and services provided with the trade mark. The only thing you want at this stage is the product description for your product so consulting a trademark attorney is not requisite.
Registration of a trademark furthermore needs the date when the logo trademark has been used anywhere in the world for the first time and the date when it is first time used in interstate commerce. For the convenience it is better to do documentations and maintain the evidence of your dates of first use.
Cost of Trademark registration:
The cost to register a trademark with US Patent and Trademark Office is a small amount of $335 for each class of your products and services and is condition to register trademark. The fee is much smaller as compared to the paybacks of the registered trademark.
The last thing needed for the trademark registration is that small business owner presents a clear sketch of the mark and a sample of the trademark. The ‘sketch’ that is a portrayal of your small business trademark, must illustrate the mark as it is actually used, i.e., as shown by the sample. A sample of the mark is an actual world’s illustration of how the mark is actually used on your products or services.
Last Step to Do for After registering your business trade mark, it is important to maintain the significance and worth of your company or product name. This includes using your business name all over your websites, flyers, leaflets, invoices and likes.
The ® and ™:
Do apply the use of ® after the trademark registration for your small business would be approved from the federal trademark office. If you yet not registered your trademark, you can use a ™ symbol with your trademark. Consult a trademark attorney for obtaining complete trademark protection. Legal consultation should be a part of your business. The cost of it would be overcome by the avoidance of risk.
Not taking the required protection to protect your small business against trademark violation, is like driving without license or living without insurance.
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