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Failing to protect your trademarks early can be costly, just ask Twitter

September 26, 2011

This article uses Twitter as an indication of the perils of failing to register your trademarks promptly.  By the time Twitter finally filed a trademark registration for their brand name (Twitter), the technology was already on the cusp of being something big.  By the time they filed a trademark registration for "tweet", Twitter was a part of the daily lexicon.  The moral, according to this article, is that you are better off getting a head start by promptly registering your trademarks, rather than waiting for when it's more expensive.

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Failing to protect your trademarks early can be costly, just ask Twitter

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Erik Pelton

Erik Pelton