All Aboard the Owner-Ship

Every application for a trademark has to have an owner. You probably knew that. Pretty basic information. And usually it's pretty straightforward. In most instances, your client/the Applicant is an individual, a limited liability company, or a corporation. It's all smooth sailing until there are ownership changes, mistakes in the ownership information as entered (perhaps by a pro se applicant or a previous attorney), or when it's time to renew the mark.

Trademark ownership issues can come up at any time during the process - from filing an application, to renewing a registration. We will cover the most common challenges regarding ownership, and the different ways to update ownership when it changes. We'll make sure you know exactly how to handle various scenarios so you don't make a costly error.

Below is a general list of what will be covered. The estimated time for the class is 75 minutes.

And yes...
✓ You have lifetime access
✓ CLE credit is offered (woohoo!)

Agenda:

• Why proper ownership is crucial
• Different types of ownership (individual, LLC, corporation, partnership, etc)
• Signatories and ownership
• Ownership and renewal
• Renewals and ownership
• Trademark assignment filings
• How to differentiate among assignments, nunc pro tunc filings, mergers, entity conversions, and more
• Fixing ownership mistakes: Which errors can be corrected and which ones cannot