Amazon is taking over the world, but that’s no surprise to retailers. Amazon knows that to entice sellers to list their products and to ensure buyers the goods they’re seeing are legitimate, it needs to control the problem of counterfeit goods. The...
Developing a name with worldwide recognition is often the goal for brand owners. A globally recognized brand advertises itself and can even be a shorthand descriptor for particular goods or services. In the financial services industry, few names trigger as much...
TAGS: trademark, territoriality, Bayer, Belmora, Flanax, Mexico, registration, first use, international, foreign, Madrid Protocol, famous mark, infringement, Lanham Act, TTAB, goodwill, reputation, misrepresentation, source. In the U.S., trademarks rights first arise...