Trademarks 101 – Getting yours in Albany NY
[caption id="attachment_385" align="alignleft" width="150"] Trademarks Can be Tricky. Call Marty Carbone![/caption] HOW TO GET A TRADEMARK IN ALBANY NY We have all seen the little “TM” symbol near names of commercial products but what does it actually mean? The “TM” stands for “trademark” which, according to the United States Patent & Trademark Office, is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words phrases, symbols pr designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those others. In basic terms, this means that once you have a trademark on a particular word, phrase, symbol, or service, no one else may use that particular “mark” without your permission. Trademarks come into play in terms of intellectual property, which is a fancy term for an…