Metamuse

65 // Trademarks with Josh Gerben


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As a product creator, how do you prevent confusion with other similarly-named products in the market? Josh is an intellectual property attorney specializing in trademark law. He joins Mark and Adam to discuss why trademarks exist to protect consumers, not businesses; the legal differences between ™️, ®, wordmark, and logomark; patent trolling and trademark bullying; and the APIs used to monitor trademark databases. Plus: the trademarks of Apple, Monster Energy, and LeBron James.

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Show notes
  • Josh Gerben (@JoshGerben)
  • Gerben Intellectual Property
  • TESS (Trademark Electronic Search System, or TESS)
  • origin of the name “Google”
  • Lanham Act
  • retainer
  • Metamuse episode on Brand
  • US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
  • common law right
  • Dove soap, Dove chocolate
  • case law vs statute
  • expert testimonial
  • mutually assured destruction
  • word mark vs logo mark
  • trademark watch service
  • trademark bullying
  • Gerben Trademark Library
  • ...more
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