QUESTION
Do trademarks include derivations of words?
Asked on Oct 04th, 2012 on Intellectual Property - Idaho
More details to this question:
If someone has a registered trademark such as "Nuts 'n Bolts", would they be able to ask for a cease and desist a company using "Nuts and Bolts" or "Nuts ampersand Bolts"?
where ampersand is the symbol, this site wouldn't let me use that character in this field.
1 ANSWER
If the goods or services are the same or overlapping such that a likelihood of confusion exists, then sending a cease and desist would be appropriate, while if the fields of use are very different or other factors make confusion unlikely, then sending of a cease and desist would not be appropriate.
Answered on Oct 05th, 2012 at 9:13 AM