Legal/Trademark Question

[SUP3RNOVA]

Say I want to register the trademark SuperDuper.

SuperDuper is registered by a company in the UK under a bunch of broad product categories. They've had it since 1999 and have never used it.

Could I register and use any of the following :

1) SuperDuper under 1 targeted category

2) Super-Duper with a hyphen. A couple companies used to own that trademark but they expired in the early 90's.

3) SuperDupers or Super-Dupers


Thanks for any opening insight, although I see myself eventually having to talk to a lawyer about it.

 

[medicalhumor]

I had a domain with a hyphen to break up the trademark and was fine under the radar for about 4 years and then finally got a C&D. It was a variation of their trademark, not exactly their trademark, but enough where they thought it would cause confusion for their customers.

 

[DrewClement]

I just filed two trademarks this month, but to be honest there is so much shit involved and some loopholes, and some concrete restrictions, and a whole ton of variables.

If you are serious, you have to get off here and call a trademark lawyer or specialist. No answer you receive on here is going to be enough for you to risk time, money, or anything else.

 

[markus]

Do trademarks apply by country? I'm not sure.
Were you saying the UK company has US rights, or just UK?
Maybe I was thinking of patents...

Comment below from Drew seems like your best advice.

If you are serious, you have to get off here and call a trademark lawyer or specialist. No answer you receive on here is going to be enough for you to risk time, money, or anything else.