Month: December 2021

The probate process in Texas can be broken down into six steps. The first step involves the initial filing of the application for probate, usually in the probate court in the county where the decedent resided. This application includes information such as the...

A trademark clearance search is generally a search of registries, markets, and other avenues of commerce to see if your prospective trademark may be “confusingly similar” to the prior mark. The analysis of what is confusingly similar depends on more than just the mark...

Probate will be necessary when a person dies and leaves property that has not been transferred by trust, joint ownership, the right of survivorship, or direct payments to beneficiaries. For example, if an insurance policy or retirement account hasn’t been transferred...

An established trademark protects the trademark owner from others who may try to hitch a ride or damage on the goodwill that is associated with that trademark. For example, an entrepreneur may put out a confusingly similar trademark on related goods or services....

One way to protect a trademark from infringement is to select a strong mark. There is something called the spectrum of distinctiveness in trademark law, which goes from something that is generic (i.e. having no distinctiveness whatsoever), to something that is...

If properly maintained, a trademark registration may exist indefinitely provided it is continuously being using in commerce in association with the claimed goods and/or services it covers. Trademarks are assumed to be abandoned after three years of consecutive non-use...