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Intellectual Property

Trademarks 101 – What you need to know to protect yourself from getting ripped off.

Oct 25th, 2010
Trademarks 101 – What you need to know to protect yourself from getting ripped off.

We’ve all seen the little “TM” symbol near names of commercial products but what does it actually mean? The “TM” stands for “trademark” which, according to the United States Patent & Trademark Office, is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words phrases, symbols pr designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those others.