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: Is it possible to obtain a trademark registration covering more than one country?

Answer:
Several international agreements coordinate the procedure of filing applications for trademark registration in more than one country. A European Community Trade Mark protects a trademark in all of the member countries of the European Union.

Question: I want to complain about a company. Can I use their name and logo?

Answer:
Yes. While trademark law prevents you from using someone else's trademark to sell your competing products, it doesn't stop you from using the trademark to refer to the trademark owner or its products.
 

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