I hired an attorney to file an application for a mark, and without going into all the gory details, Victoria’s Secret objected to my mark as being too similar to theirs when I had it published for opposition.
I have filed marks with the USPTO before and never had a problem with a big company like Victoria’s Secret even paying attention. There are plenty of other marks with the word PINK in them that have been registered successfully. My thoughts are that because I had an attorney file the mark really drew the attention from a huge company because an attorney was doing the filing. If I had filed the mark it probably would have never been opposed.
Am I right or wrong in my thinking? These big corporations most likely review the marks that attorneys are filing, mostly because someone has the money to pay an attorney to do the work and would be more likely to have funds to market their mark afterwords.
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Professionals And Nonprofessionals Familiar With Trademarks?
Posted on March 7, 2012.
If your goods or service is similar to what Victoria’s Secret offers then they have the right to oppose the trademark because whatever you are selling or servicing might be confused with their PINK line.
On the other hand if you are selling or making PINK tires then they will not win the opposition unless they have a trademark on tires … lol