Trademark Insights
Trademark Insights
Practical articles on choosing, registering, and maintaining trademarks, written by attorney John Kellam.
How to Choose and Clear a Trademark Before Filing
A trademark search should look beyond exact matches. Learn how mark strength, similar wording, related goods and services, and unregistered uses affect clearance before filing.
What Happens After You File a Federal Trademark Application?
Filing is only the first step. Learn how USPTO examination, office actions, publication, and filing basis affect the path to registration.
Have a trademark question?
Whether you are choosing a name, preparing a filing, responding to the USPTO, or maintaining a registration, Kellam Trademark Law can help you understand the next step.
Have a trademark question?
Whether you are choosing a name, preparing a filing, responding to the USPTO, or maintaining a registration, Kellam Trademark Law can help you understand the next step.
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TRADEMARK LAW
Kellam Trademark Law helps businesses, founders, and brand owners protect the names, logos, slogans, and other brand assets that identify their products and services.
Virtual law practice based in Wake County, North Carolina.
The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and should not be taken as legal advice.
Viewing this website or contacting Kellam Trademark Law does not create an attorney-client relationship.
An attorney-client relationship is formed only after a written engagement agreement is signed.
© 2026 Kellam Trademark Law. All rights reserved.
Kellam
TRADEMARK LAW
Kellam Trademark Law helps businesses, founders, and brand owners protect the names, logos, slogans, and other brand assets that identify their products and services.
Virtual law practice based in Wake County, North Carolina.
The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and should not be taken as legal advice. Viewing this website or contacting Kellam Trademark Law does not create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship is formed only after a written engagement agreement is signed.
© 2026 Kellam Trademark Law. All rights reserved.
Kellam
TRADEMARK LAW
Kellam Trademark Law helps businesses, founders, and brand owners protect the names, logos, slogans, and other brand assets that identify their products and services.
Virtual law practice based in Wake County, North Carolina.
The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and should not be taken as legal advice. Viewing this website or contacting Kellam Trademark Law does not create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship is formed only after a written engagement agreement is signed.
© 2026 Kellam Trademark Law. All rights reserved.