A business or individual whose permanent home is outside the United States can apply for and own a trademark registered here.

The applicant must appoint and be represented before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by an attorney who is licensed to practice law in any US... View More

A sole proprietorship is not a business organization separate from its owner. This means that there is no legal “person” involved except the proprietor, so there is nobody else who could own property in their own name. A small business owner might register a “doing business as” name, but... View More

If you are outside the US, you must have an attorney who is eligible to practice in the US Patent and Trademark Office represent you in filing a trademark application. Outside the US, you can file a trademark application with the trademark office of each country in which you are seeking protection.... View More

The USPTO record for the CELOSA ROSE trademark application shows a status of abandoned “because the applicant failed to respond or filed a late response to an Office action.” The records also show that the USPTO requested that the applicant “either provide documentation to support... View More

Missing deadlines happens to trademark owners sometimes. Deadlines are usually long, but that makes them easy to forget. So don’t be too hard on yourself. If you mean that a federal trademark registration was cancelled due to failure to file a required declaration of continued use, the trademark... View More

You’ll probably want to make the medical scenes in your drama accurate but not so much because of a legal reason. Professional screenwriters often use medical consultants to provide realistic context to their stories for film and television.

Scripts also go through extensive clearance for... View More