Trademark FAQs - related questions & answers

Question: Should local businesses care what trademark someone else in another part of the country is using?

Answer:
Yes. Vast numbers of businesses, even local, have put up their own websites, creating the potential for confusion in the marketplace.

Question: What is a service mark?

Answer:
A service mark is any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce, to identify and distinguish the services of one provider from services provided by others.

Question: What is the drawing?

Answer:
The "drawing" is a page which depicts the mark applicant seeks to register. In an application based on actual use, Section 1(a), 15 U.S.C. §1051(a), the drawing must show the mark as it is actually used.
 

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