Tamara Pester
Estimating the cost of a transaction
One of my favorite things to do is assist clients in buying and selling businesses. I feel honored to be involved in such an important...
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Tamara Pester
- Jul 17, 2022
- 1 min
#trademarks
According to CompuMark/Clarivate Analytics, which performs trademark screening, searching, and watching, applications for “hashtag...
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Tamara Pester
- Jul 17, 2022
- 1 min
Speeding applications through the system
In an effort to encourage companies to bring products combatting coronavirus to market, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just...
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Tamara Pester
- Jul 17, 2022
- 1 min
Wiping devices clean can be dirty
Zillow execs who allegedly stole trade secrets from Move, Inc./realtor.com recently claimed in testimony that they only wiped their...
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Tamara Pester
- Jul 17, 2022
- 2 min
Trademark Process
Anyone can click a few buttons on the USPTO website . . . the special sauce is in making sure the marks are clear for use before doing...
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Tamara Pester
- Jul 17, 2022
- 2 min
The power of protests
In today’s political climate, hordes of citizens have found power in protests. Whether simply showing strength in numbers or sending a...
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Tamara Pester
- Jul 17, 2022
- 1 min
Swiss Cheese Analogy for Trademarks
When explaining trademarks to clients or potential clients, I like to use the “swiss cheese analogy.” In general, I consider trademark...
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Tamara Pester
- Jul 17, 2022
- 2 min
Danger of handshake deals
Many years ago, when I first hung out my shingle, I wrote about the danger of “handshake deals.” At the time, coronavirus was not even a...
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Tamara Pester
- Jul 17, 2022
- 4 min
Tigers, trademarks, and copyrights, oh my!
I finally binge watched Netflix’s Tiger King documentary over the weekend. The show packs so many colorful characters and issues into...
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Tamara Pester
- Jul 17, 2022
- 2 min
COVID-19 and trademarks
Yesterday, I posted about businesses finding creative ways to remain viable during the global pandemic known as coronavirus or COVID-19. ...
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Tamara Pester
- Jul 17, 2022
- 2 min
How does coronavirus affect contracts and trademarks?
Coronavirus has crippled businesses and left others in a panic for their next paycheck. To the extent that time and resources permit, I...
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Tamara Pester
- Jul 17, 2022
- 1 min
Trademark registration and renewal are so tricky, even our President fails
Truth is, trademark registrations and renewals aren’t really that tricky, if you know what you’re doing. However, it came to my...
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Tamara Pester
- Jul 17, 2022
- 2 min
Common law intellectual property rights vs federal protection
Whitney Houston, may she rest in peace, sang, “it’s not right, but it’s okay . . . I’m going to make it anyway.” While that song...
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Tamara Pester
- Jul 17, 2022
- 3 min
Say my name say my name. . . trademarking your name
Normally, the technicalities of the trademark world do not collide with Hollywood happenings, but celebrity applications for registration...
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