The design and shape of the materials in which a product is packaged. Product configuration, the design and shape of the product itself, may also be considered a form of trade dress.
The Lanham Act protects trade dress if it serves the same...
intellectual property
trade name
A type of mark used to identify a company, partnership, or business rather than goods or services. Trade names cannot be registered under the Lanham Act unless they actually function to identify the source of particular goods or services rather than...
trade secret
Overview
The Uniform Trade Secrets Act ("UTSA") is a piece of legislation created by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC), a non-profit organization. The USTA defines trade secrets and describes claims related to trade secrets. To date, 47 states and the...
trademark
Definition
A trademark is any word, name, symbol, or design, or any combination thereof, used in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from those of another and to indicate the source of the goods. See 15 U.S...
trademark infringement
Overview
Trademark law protects a trademark owner's exclusive right to use a trademark when use of the mark by another would be likely to cause consumer confusion as to the source or origin of goods. Trademark law is a federal issue, and as such, the...
trademark owner
Trademark owner is the party who controls the nature and quality of the goods and services used in connection with the brand. The owner of a trademark is the person who applies the mark to goods that they produce, or uses the mark in the sale...
trademark registration
Trademark registration involves the establishment of rights in a mark based on legitimate use of the mark in commerce under the Lanham Act. Trademark registration with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), while not...
trademark search
A trademark search is an investigation usually conducted by the party that intends to register and use a new trademark. The purpose of the investigation is to establish if there are any existing trademarks already registered or in use by its...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (C.A.F.C.) has nation-wide jurisdiction over certain disputes that involve the Federal government including intellectual property, international trade, government contracts, and federal...
United States Copyright Office
The Copyright Office serves as the main administrator of copyrights in the United States; organized as a department of the Library of Congress. Individuals who create a work eligible for a copyright can automatically be legally protected from...