Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Michigan
My Van Club has a regitstered state trademark and there is another club using our name but they added inc. at the end can I sue them, and how do I start a lawsuit?
1 Answer from Attorneys
You likely can sue them under your state's trademark law.
Trademark law is NOT do-it-yourself law. Start a lawsuit by contacting an INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY attorney admitted in your state. You can find a listing of IP attorneys at https://oedci.uspto.gov/OEDCI/ ; enter your state and the first three digits of your zip code to bring up local practitioners. Make sure the person you go to is an ATTORNEY, not an agent; agents are non-attorney patent practitioners who are admitted only before the US Patent & Trademark Office. Attorneys can represent you in court; agents can't.
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