Trademark
is a sign for consumers to identify the goods or services of each company from
those of others. You can have as many trademarks as you wish!
However,
there are some point to have in mind:
The
registration of highly similar trademarks is a waste of time and money. The
trademark is protected not only against the use of Identical marks, but also
against the use of similar Marks. So if you use the trademark in three
different colours, you should register only black-and-white trademark, as the
protection will be given to all the colourful uses of the mark.
Review
your trademark portfolio from time to time. Some trademark might not be
relevant anymore. So you should not renew the marks and pay all the renewal or
registration fees for such marks that no longer exists in the market.
The more
different trademarks you own, the stronger competitive power you have. You can
limit the possibility of your competitors to use in all the brand names and
similar names that you have the registration. So the broader TM portfolio is,
the less choices are left to the competitors. Also, if you lose one trademark
later on, it will not be a tragic situations, because you will have other
protected marks. However, if you have a single mark registered and someone
cancels it, you will be in very unfavourable situation.
The trademark is registered only
in a country where you filed the registration. Which means, if you have a US
trademark, you still do not have any protection in the EU market. If you want
to have protection in EU, you must file a new European application.
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