# Adams Law Office

> Trademark attorney services


## Posts

- [Mistakes That Can Cause USPTO Refusal: What to Avoid Before Filing a Trademark](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/mistakes-that-can-cause-uspto-refusal-what-to-avoid-before-filing-a-trademark/)
- [Use in Commerce: What It Really Means](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/use-in-commerce-what-it-really-means/)
- [Understanding the 45 Trademark Classes](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/understanding-the-45-trademark-classes/)
- [Just Registered Your Business Name? Why You Might Still Need a Trademark](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/just-registered-your-business-name-why-you-might-still-need-a-trademark/)
- [What Makes a Strong Trademark? A Guide to Fanciful, Arbitrary, and Suggestive Marks](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/what-makes-a-strong-trademark-a-guide-to-fanciful-arbitrary-and-suggestive-marks/)
- [Trademark Filing Mistakes That Can Get You Rejected (and How to Avoid Them)](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/trademark-filing-mistakes-that-can-get-you-rejected-and-how-to-avoid-them/)
- [How to Do a Trademark Search Before You Apply](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/how-to-do-a-trademark-search-before-you-apply/)
- [The Complete Guide to Trademarking Your Brand: From Idea to Registration](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/the-complete-guide-to-trademarking-your-brand-from-idea-to-registration/)
- [Office Action Panic? A Simple Guide to Respond Without Losing Your Trademark](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/office-action-panic-a-simple-guide-to-respond-without-losing-your-trademark/)
- [Trademark or Bust: Why Delaying Brand Registration Could Cost You Thousands](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/trademark-or-bust-why-delaying-brand-registration-could-cost-you-thousands/)
- [Distinctive Trademarks For Online Protection and Visibility](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/distinctive-trademarks-for-online-protection-and-visibility/)
- [USPTO Fees Will Increase on Jan 18, 2025](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/uspto-fee-increase-goes-into-effect-on-jan-18-2025/)
- [Incontestable Trademarks - A Section 15 Declaration of Incontestability Protects TMs from Claims that the Mark is Merely Descriptive.](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/incontestable-trademarks-a-section-15-declaration-of-incontestability-protects-tms-from-claims-that-the-mark-is-merely-descriptive/)
- [Trademark Considerations When Creating a Brand Book](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/trademark-considerations-when-creating-a-brand-book/)
- [USPTO Rules to File Statement of Use, and When To File an "Insurance" Extension of Time](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/uspto-rules-to-file-statement-of-use-and-when-to-file-an-insurance-extension-of-time/)
- [Identity Verification for Trademark Filings with USPTO](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/identity-verification-for-trademark-filings-with-uspto/)
- [Trademark a Slogan?](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/trademark-a-slogan/)
- [Showing Use of Trademark For Clothing](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/showing-use-of-trademark-for-clothing/)
- [Bloomberg Uses NDAs – When Should A Business Have an NDA](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/bloomberg-uses-ndas-when-should-a-business-have-an-nda/)
- [Registered Trademark Needed for Benefits of Amazon Brand Registry](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/registered-trademark-needed-for-benefits-of-amazon-brand-registry/)
- [Trademark Registration — Principal Register and Supplemental Register Compared](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/trademark-registration-principal-register-and-supplemental-register-compared/)
- [Scandalous Words Can Be A Registered Trademark](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/scandalous-words-can-be-a-registered-trademark/)
- [First Amendment Protects Trademarks That Inspire Fear](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/first-amendment-protects-trademarks-that-inspire-fear/)
- [It’s a Fine Line Between Hate and Love – U.S. Supreme Court on Trademarks](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/its-a-fine-line-between-hate-and-love-u-s-supreme-court-on-trademarks/)
- [Trademark Marijuana Products?](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/trademark-marijuana-products/)
- [Nikola vs. Tesla – Design Patent Litigation – What Would Nikola Tesla Think?](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/nikola-vs-tesla-design-patent-litigation-what-would-nikola-tesla-think/)
- [Patent a Recipe?](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/patent-a-recipe/)
- [Ten Million (10,000,000) Patents](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/ten-million-10000000-patents/)
- [Someone Is Using Your Brand Name! What Can Be Done?](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/someone-is-using-your-brand-name-what-can-be-done/)
- [Cannabis Trademarks In California](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/cannabis-trademarks-in-california/)
- [Federally Registered Trademark Protects Brand Names](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/federally-registered-trademark-protects-brand-names/)
- [So You Have A Phone App That You Want to Patent — Or Subject Matter Patentability](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/so-you-have-a-phone-app-that-you-want-to-patent-or-subject-matter-patentability/)
- [What’s In a Name? Unicorn Latte v. Unicorn Frappuccino](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/whats-in-a-name-unicorn-latte-v-unicorn-frappuccino/)
- [Post America Invents Act — Inside the "On-Sale Bar" of 35 USC §102](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/post-america-invents-act-inside-the-on-sale-bar-of-35-usc-102/)
- [Trademark Applicants – Beware of Scams After Filing TM App](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/trademark-applicants-beware-of-scams-after-filing-tm-app/)
- [Design Patents – Year in Review](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/design-patents-year-in-review/)
- [Damages for Infringement of Design Patents – Supreme Court Clarifies Rules in Apple v. Samsung](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/damages-for-infringement-of-design-patents-supreme-court-clarifies-rules-in-apple-v-samsung/)
- [Tips to Selecting Proper Trademark Classification in Trademark Application](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/tips-to-selecting-proper-trademark-classification-in-trademark-application/)
- [Apple, Inc. and What a Company can do with $231.5 Billion Cash-on-Hand](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/apple-inc-and-what-a-company-can-do-with-231-5-billion-cash-on-hand/)
- [Copyright Trolls Update](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/copyright-trolls-update/)
- [Design Patent for Consumer Products](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/design-patent-for-consumer-products/)
- [Trademark Basics](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/trademark-basics/)
- [CA Social Purpose Corporations – Annual Shareholder Report](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/ca-social-purpose-corporations-annual-shareholder-report/)
- [Patent Claim Drafting – Use of "OR"](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/patent-claim-drafting-use-of-or/)
- [Bloggers Beware – Copyright Trolls on the Prowl](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/bloggers-beware-copyright-trolls-on-the-prowl/)
- [Social Purpose Corporation – May Consider Public Benefit In Addition to Maximizing Profit](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/social-purpose-corporation-may-consider-public-benefit-in-addition-to-maximizing-profit/)
- [For Profit Corporation Means Just That — Maximizing Profits to Shareholders is Essential](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/for-profit-corporation-means-just-that-maximizing-profits-to-shareholders-is-essential/)
- [Trademark Specimen of Use — Is "TM" or ® OK to use in a specimen of use?](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/trademark-specimen-of-use-is-tm-or-ok-to-use-in-a-specimen-of-use/)
- [Copyright Protection May Be Available for Professional Engineering Plans](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/copyright-protection-may-be-available-for-professional-engineering-plans/)
- [DESIGN PATENTS — The IP Solution for Many Small Businesses](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/design-patents-the-ip-solution-for-many-small-businesses/)
- [Good News for Yoga Practitioners and Speech Advocates — Bikram not entitled to copyright his Sequence](https://adamslaw.biz/blog/good-news-for-yoga-practitioners-and-speech-advocates-bikram-not-entitled-to-copyright-his-sequence/)


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