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Distinguishing your company's goods or services from your competitors is what good business is all about. A trademark is a designation of origin and can be the main reason one product is purchased over another. Make sure your business is profiting from distinctiveness. 

Time is a critical factor in protecting and enforcing your trademark rights.

• Advantages of U.S. Trademark Registration

• Choosing a mark - Intelligent Design™

• Certification marks

• Instructions for trademark application and searching

• Providing evidence of use

• Medinol considerations - filer beware

• Designations and marking

• Government class fees credit card payment form

• State trademark registrations

• Acceptable identifications of goods and services

THE MADRID PROTOCOL - Allows a U.S. trademark owner to:

• file one application
• in English
• pay all fees in U.S. dollars
• have filing effective in over 75 countries worldwide