Answer to Question #244339 in Management for Pfano

Question

) Your client, company A, consults with you and informs you that it has recently

come to their attention that their product X which they are selling under the trade

mark ABC is the same product that their competitor, company B, is selling and that

company B has recently registered the identical trade mark ABC. Advise A briefly

what their position is, in terms of the Act (-on these facts alone).

Answer 1

In the case where a firm has been registered with an identical trade mark as company A, the firm can seek legal intervention of the case following the provision of the Lanham Act. According to this Act, which was established in 1946 and recently amended in 1996, protects companies from identical trade marks. The source of trademark protection would help company A to sue or seek legal intervention of the newly registered organization