You are trying to find a law firm that handles trademark infringement and other trademark legal needs.  Perhaps you are looking at other law firms who say they handle trademarks, but are concerned because they claim to specialize in just about every other area of the law as well.  Instinctively, you are probably thinking that…

No, separate applications are required. One application would be directed to the words and the other to the logo. You will typically see the first type of application called a “standard character” or “word mark” application and the other a “stylized” or “design mark” application. Depending upon how you use your mark, it might also…

After practicing exclusively in the field of intellectual property since 2001, Mr. Brian P. Kinder founded The Kinder Law Group (TKLG) in 2011.  Just a year later, in 2012, TKLG proudly announced that Mr. Kinder had been ranked in the top 10 of all trademark application lawyers and trademark infringement lawyers for the Orange County,…

The Kinder Law Group was handling an issue today for a client who had filed a trademark application, but had made changes to the underlying trademark and wanted to “update” the application. The Trademark Office issued a preliminary refusal to the request to amend on the ground that the change allegedly constituted a “material alteration.” …

Since this question comes up quite a bit, we thought we would post our answer to an online submission from a ways back.  Q: Can I have an ‘actual use’ application converted to an ‘intent to use’ application?: I filed an ‘actual use’ trademark application, thinking that the way I used the trademark was sufficient…

If you have ever dealt with the founder of the firm, Brian P. Kinder, you know he is always busily working on something trademark-related for one of his clients – whether it be a trademark application or a trademark infringement matter.  Well, The Kinder Law Group (TKLG) is pleased to report that with hard work…

Given the multi-million (or billion) dollar judgments headlining these days, it isn’t often that you see somebody boasting about a $22,000 win.  However, when the client is the defendant in a trademark infringement lawsuit and you force the other side to pay $22,000 just to be let out of their own lawsuit – then that…

The Kinder Law Group is pleased and honored to announce that the founder of the firm, Brian P. Kinder, has been ranked in the top 10 of all trademark application lawyers for the entire State of California. He was previously ranked in the top 10 for the Orange County, California area. The ranking appears in one…

The Kinder Law Group is pleased and honored to announce that the founder of the firm, Brian P. Kinder, has been ranked in the top 10 of all trademark infringement lawyers for the entire State of California. He was previously ranked in the top 10 for the Orange County, California area. The ranking appears in one…

The Highest Court in the European Union decided a trademark case today that has been pending for some time. L’Oreal was attempting to obtain a trademark registration for the trademark BOTOCYL for a cosmetic treatment and had been refused registration based upon the well-established brand name BOTOX for products sold by Irvine’s own Allergan, Inc.…