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A trademark can be any distinctive word (real or coined), phrase, slogan, logo, or any combination of these things, that identifies you as the source of your goods or services. It also could be simply numbers or letters, or a color or a sound. You can register your trademark rights in any distinctive word, phrase, etc.

How do I use a trademark properly? Always distinguish a trademark from surrounding text by using capital letters, bold type, italics, color, underlining, quotation marks, or a stylized format that differs from the surrounding text.

Registering a trademark for multiple goods or services involves a process that allows you to protect your brand across various industries or sectors. Trademarks are registered under specific classes based on the international classification system, which categorizes goods and services into 45 different classes.

You can not register marks that are inherently offensive or obscene. You can not register marks that are generic that simply name a type or class or product or service. For example, you can't trademark “lamp” for a company that makes lamps.

No one, of course, can “own” a number. But trademark law permits registration when a number distinguishes a particular product or service. Nike, for example, has trademarked “23” for hats, T-shirts, sweatshirts, shirts and other clothing in recognition of its relationship to Michael Jordan.

The McDonald's golden arches design is an example of a registered trademark in special form format. The company Nike registered this trademark in special form format, combining the stylized word Nike with their swoosh logo.

Unfortunately, people cannot directly amend trademark applications to add additional classes, but they may be able to establish new filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Therefore, adding new classes to a trademark is made possible by creating new applications.

To trademark a number, the number must be used in commerce as a brand to identify and distinguish a product or service from the competition. If the number is only used for decoration or ornamentation, it cannot be trademarked. Additionally, any numbers that are used as trademarks must be unique and distinctive.

Under federal law, you can file a trademark amendment application if your requested change “does not materially alter the character of the mark.” The modified mark must contain the “essence of the original mark.” It must also create the “same impression as the original mark.” This means that the USPTO will consider ...