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	A Business Firm Must Be Federally Registered To Use The Registered Symbol. A business firm cannot use the circled R symbol unless the mark is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Sellers of goods throughout the ages have put their names on things they produced. Some producers devised symbols or pictures to identify and distinguish their products. Before the 20th century, trademarks were usually symbols or pictures rather than words. Under the common law in each state, a seller who uses any symbol as a trademark acquires the legal right to prevent other sellers from using a similar mark. Many sellers federally register their trademarks for extra protection.

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	Patent Issued to Residents of The United States. Data includes utility, design, plant, and reissue patents. 1993   1994   1995   1996   475   491   537   484   Source: Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.

Congress provided a nationwide register of trademarks for sellers who participate in interstate commerce with the federal Lanham Act, enacted in 1946. Any seller who uses another sellers trademark is an infringer and can be sued in state or federal court. Our Louisiana Trademark Lawyers can help you if someone has violated your trademark rights.

Louisiana Trademark Lawyers are specialists in trademark law. Louisiana Trademark Lawyers have the resources and expertise to represent you whether you are filing a trademark application or an infringement lawsuit.

The following are common trademark terms:

• Trademark Application
• Trademark Infringement
• Copyright
• Patent
• Intellectual Property
• Lanham Act
• USPTO

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Louisiana Audio & Video         U.S. Trademark Battles for Sounds and Phrases AUDIO, RM, 44Kbps, 3:50, 11/5/2004 NPR's Eric Weiner reports on some of the latest sounds and phrases being trademarked in the United States, including the state of Florida's effort to get exclusive rights to the title "Gateway to the Americas Source: NPR

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