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		<title>Choosing Good Trademark</title>
		<link>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/knowledgebase/choosing-good-trademark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[QUESTION: How Do I Choose a Good Trademark?
ANSWER : Choosing the right name or logo for a business or product is an art. Companies sometimes pay thousands of dollars to marketing and identity research firms to help them find the &#8220;perfect&#8221; name for a product or business. This is oftentimes money well spent, since the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the Internet may affect nationwide priority ?</title>
		<link>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/articles/how-the-internet-may-affect-nationwide-priority/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historically, nationwide priority is listed by trademark attorneys as one of the most important reasons to register a trademark.
However, there is an open question raised by the operation of a business over the Internet and whether or not trademarks used on a site are automatically given nationwide priority without a federal registration.
Arguably, an Internet site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A</title>
		<link>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/a/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trademark Glossary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Abandonment of a mark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Acquiescence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Actual confusion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ADR]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Advertising injury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Aesthetic functionality]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Affirmative defenses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Affixation Requirement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alternative dispute resolution]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amendment to Allege Use]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Anti Dilution statutes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arbitrary marks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arbitration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[assignee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Assignment of trademark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[assignor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Assumed name]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Attorney client privilege]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Attorneys' fees]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Availability Opinion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Clearance Opinion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[comparative]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[judicial]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Litigation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Office Action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Abandonment of a mark :
Abandonment occurs when the trademark owner stops using the mark with no intention to resume using it. Use of a mark in this context means the bona fide use of the mark made in the ordinary course of trade, and not made merely to reserve a right in a mark. Nonuse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>B</title>
		<link>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/b/</link>
		<comments>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trademark Glossary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bad faith]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bad intent]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Balance of Harms]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barring importation of goods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Benelux Registration system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blackout period]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Book titles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brand name]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Official Gazette]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[protection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[USPTO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bad faith (bad intent) :
A mental state characterized by an intent to deceive consumers by using a competitor&#8217;s trademark or one that is confusingly similar to it. Bad faith is not required to find trademark infringement or dilution. However, courts are far more likely to award monetary damages in a case where there is bad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>C</title>
		<link>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/c/</link>
		<comments>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/c/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trademark Glossary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amendments]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Availability Opinion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cancellation of trademark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cancellation proceeding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Causes of Action for Trademarks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cease and desist letter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Certification mark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Class]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Clearance Opinion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[coined terms]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Collective mark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Colors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Combined application]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Commissioner]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[common law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Comparative advertising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Concurrent use]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Concurrent use proceeding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Concurrent use registration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Conflicts between trademarks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Confusingly similar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Confusion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Constructive notice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Constructive use]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Copyrights]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate name]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Correcting mistakes in a registration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Costs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Counterfeit Goods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CTM]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Customs Bureau]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Damages]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[European Community Trade Mark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fanciful terms]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[infringement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[international]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[protection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trademark legal services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cancellation of trademark (cancellation proceeding) :
A federal trademark registration may be canceled by a court in a civil action, or by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in a cancellation proceeding. The grounds for cancellation of a mark include; the mark is likely to cause confusion with a prior mark, it is descriptive of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D</title>
		<link>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trademark Glossary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[commerce]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Damages]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Database]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Date of first use]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dates]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[De facto secondary meaning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Deceptive marks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Deceptively misdescriptive marks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Defendant's profits as damages]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Defenses to dilution]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Depository libraries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Description]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Descriptive marks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Designs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dilution Statutes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disclaimer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[distinctiveness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Distinctiveness requirement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Documenting First Use]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Domain dispute policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Domain name]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Domain name hijacking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Domestic representative]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Drawing page of trademark application]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Drawings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[First use date]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[goods or services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[infringement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Plaintiff]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Priority date]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Trademark Database]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trademark registration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[USPTO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Damages :
A monetary amount awarded to the plaintiff by the court in order to compensate the plaintiff for actual injury sustained by the actions of the defendant. In trademark cases, the basis of damages is typically the plaintiff&#8217;s lost profits or defendant&#8217;s profits as a result of the infringing activity, and may include prejudgment interest. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E</title>
		<link>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/e/</link>
		<comments>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/e/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trademark Glossary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Equitable defenses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Equitable relief]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Estoppel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Evaluation of Search Results]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Examination]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Examiner's amendment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Examining Attorney]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Exceptional cases]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Exclusion orders from the International Trade Commission]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Exclusive license]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Exclusive licensee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Exclusive licensor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Exclusive ownership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Exclusive rights]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ITC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Patent and Trademark Office]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SPAM]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trademark application]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Trademark spam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Equitable defenses :
Historically, an equitable defense was one that was only available in the courts of equity, and not the courts of law. Since the focus in the courts of equity was predominately to enforce principals of fairness, it is not surprising that an equitable defense in the modern trademark law context is one that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>F</title>
		<link>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/f/</link>
		<comments>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/f/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Trademark Glossary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[coined terms]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fair Use]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Famous mark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fanciful terms]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal versus state trademarks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Filing date]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[First Amendment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[First use date]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Forbidden marks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foreign applicants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foreign equivalents]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foreign terms]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fraud]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Functionality doctrine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[obtaining]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[requirements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trademark protection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[USPTO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Utilitarian functionality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/?p=74</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fair Use :
Fair use of a mark is use in a way that is descriptive of one&#8217;s products, use that is other than as a trademark, and use that is undertaken in good faith (i.e. not to cash in on the goodwill of the trademark owner.) Fair use is generally treated as an absolute defense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G</title>
		<link>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/g/</link>
		<comments>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/g/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trademark Glossary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cancellation of a trademark registration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[GATT]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Generic marks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Genericide]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Genericness as a defense]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[genericness defense]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Geographical terms]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Geographical territory]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Geographically remote area]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Good faith defense]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Goodwill]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grammatical rules]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grammatical rules when using marks :]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gray Market Goods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grounds for cancellation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grounds for dilution lawsuits]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grounds for infringement lawsuits]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grounds for opposition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lanham Act]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[name recognition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parallel Imports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trademark protection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) :
The GATT was originally created in 1946 to work out international agreements on world merchandise trade. Since then there have been several &#8220;rounds&#8221; of the GATT. While serious trademark discussions occurred in the Tokyo Round of the 70&#8217;s and again in the &#8217;80s, it wasn&#8217;t until the Geneva [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I</title>
		<link>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.trademarklawlitigation.com/glossary/i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trademark Glossary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CTM]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[European Community Trade Mark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gray Market Goods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Identifying source]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Immoral marks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Importation restrictions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[In gross assignment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Incontestability status]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[infringement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ingredients]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Inherent distinctiveness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Injunctive relief]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Injury to reputation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[INTA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Intent of the defendant]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Intent to Use application]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Intentional infringement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Inter partes proceedings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Interference proceedings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International class]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International Trade Commission]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International Trademark Association]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International Treaties]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Interstate commerce requirement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Intra State commerce]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Invalid assignment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ITC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ITU]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Madrid Agreement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Madrid Protocol]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[scandalous marks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Trademark Act]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Trademark Trial and Appeal Board]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TTAB]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[USPTO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Identifying source :
Identifying the source of a product or service for the consuming public is the primary objective of trademark law. As such, the Trademark Act grants exclusive rights only to those trademarks enabling a consumer to discriminate between different brands of goods and services. The consumer need not be able to discern the precise [...]]]></description>
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