
Launch a beginner course on looking up existing trademarks without a lawyer, teaching you to check names and logos and avoid trademark issues.
Explore a real case study on deciding to trademark Wave and protecting the Wave brand on Amazon, Etsy, and eBay, including costs, and when to hire a lawyer versus DIY.
Learn how to check for existing trademarks before branding and weigh the pros and cons of registering to protect your logo, brand, and marketplace presence.
Compare copyright, trademark, and patent to decide which protects your work, brand, or technology. Recognize copyright via publication date, trademark for brands and slogans, and patents for unique technology.
Explore the uspto.gov site to learn trademark basics and ethics, and preview the trademark database and multilingual resources. The next lecture will dive into searching the trademark database.
Use the USPTO's trademark electronic search system (TESS) to look up live word marks, assess close matches, and check industry overlap. When in doubt, consult an attorney for gray areas.
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In this course you will learn how to look up trademarks, and determine whether your website, app, podcast or any other kind of a brand infringes on another trademark.
It is extremely important to check for existing trademarks before you start any kind of business
You may not be planning to get a trademark of your own, but you absolutely must determine whether the company name or brand you are planning to create will infringe on another existing trademark. If it will, you may have to re-do your entire website and all the branding that you posted all over the web. That would be an absolute nightmare, and this course helps you avoid all that.
Save money on not having to hire a lawyer
if you had to consult with a lawyer every time you needed to check whether you would be infringing on another trademark, it would quickly become expensive! Knowing how to do it on your own saves you A LOT of money and time!
Try the course risk-free
Every Udemy course is backed by a 30-day money back guarantee. So if you don't like the course, you can simply get your money back. But I am sure that you will love the course. So go ahead, sign up for the curse now, and learn whether any of your existing or planned websites or brands infringe on any trademarks.