Trademark law furthers these goals by regulating the proper use of trademarks. Trademarks are governed by both state and federal law. Originally, state common law provided the main source of ...

Common Law Trademark Rights Common law trademarks arise from the exclusive, continuous use of a mark in commerce. It is not necessary to have a registration to use or protect these designations.

In a long-running trademark dispute between two companies marketing real-estate development services, and both using the name Dewberry, a trial court held that Dewberry Group entities infringed the ...