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A common misconception is that having a trademark means you legally own a particular word or phrase and can prevent others from using it. However, you don't have rights to the word or phrase in general, only to how that word or phrase is used with your specific goods or services.

You don't have to register a word with the USPTO to get trademark status. A word is a trademark if that word identifies a brand, regardless of whether the word itself is registered. However, unregistered trademarks with the USPTO are only trademarked within the company's geographical area.

Since logos change more often than names, it usually makes more sense to register a standard character mark to protect the business moniker itself. With their generous set of rights, standard character marks allow you to preserve near-complete control over your business name.

Descriptiveness / lack of distinctiveness: Terms that literally describe items as they are ("tomato," "beer," "copper" or any other common word) cannot be trademarked as they must be reserved for general use. Similarly, marks that fail to indicate a particular commercial enterprise to consumers will not be registered.

A regular, not famous trademark can coexist with a similar or even identical trademark, if it is for completely different products, like dog food and furniture.

Once a trademark application is filed, you may no longer add additional classes to it. If you need to protect your trademarks for new product or service offerings, you must file a another, separate application.

Depends on whether the ?trademark? is a ?famous? word or a simple descriptive type word - something that does not have many inherent distinctive features. If the ?trademark? is an arbitrary or fanciful word, it is unlikely that adding a word(s) will make it registerable for similar goods & services for someone else.

The more elements you add, the more registrable your trademark becomes, but it also weakens your ability to police trademark infringement or partial use of your brand.

Even the phrase ?Let's get ready to rumble? has USPTO protection. However, the USPTO registers trademarks ing to a system of classes for goods and services. That's why you can have both Delta faucets and Delta Airlines enjoying trademark protection while using the same name.