Trademark Registration

Trademark law protects businesses, non-profits, and consumers by ensuring that certain distinctive marks can be reliably associated with their owners, preventing confusion, fraud, and unfair competition.

The Glushko Samuelson IP Clinic petitioned for the creation of student practice at the agency in 2006 and was among the first law school clinics to participate in the USPTO’s pilot program allowing clinics to represent clients in trademark registration. The program permits law students enrolled in a participating law school clinic programs to practice Intellectual Property Law before the USPTO under the guidance of Faculty Clinic Supervisors. The IP Clinic currently practices in the trademark and patent law program.

See http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/oed/practitioner/agents/law_school_pilot.jsp

Students working with trademark matters get valuable experience with core trademark concepts as well as exposure to a variety of skills required for trademark practice.

The clinic files trademark and service mark applications and counsels regarding maintenance of clients’ marks, including how to enforce trademark rights, how to make exclusive continuous use of marks, and the dangers of failing to renew registrations. Clients who would otherwise be unable to do so gain valuable protection and maintenance for their marks.

Past and present clients

Please follow the links below to view the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office registration documents