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Form 15620 (April 2025), Section 83(b) Election, must be completed and mailed to the IRS Service Center where you file your taxes within 30 days of your grant date, with a copy sent to your employer.
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A company may use one brand while owning several distinct trademark assets. Customers might recognize the business by its name, its logo, or a symbol that appears throughout its platform. Those elements can work together commercially, but they are not necessarily protected by the same trademark registration. That distinction shaped the UK trademark strategy for Stagevest, a professional networking and collaboration platform serving the music industry. Stagevest LLC secured two separate UK registrations in Class 42: one for the word mark STAGEVEST and another for its sound-wave logo. The registrations protect different elements of the same brand and illustrate why some companies choose to register both their verbal and visual identities.
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A trademark can become one of a company’s most valuable assets. It helps customers identify the source of a product or service, distinguishes the business from competitors, and creates continuity as the company grows. But strong trademark protection does not result from filing an application alone
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Filing a federal trademark application can be an important step in protecting a business name, product brand, logo, or slogan. But submitting the application should not be the first step.
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A trademark clearance search helps determine whether a proposed name, logo, slogan, or other brand identifier may conflict with existing trademark rights. A proper search goes beyond checking whether an identical name appears in the United States Patent and Trademark Office database. It examines similar marks, related goods and services, pending applications, state registrations, and marketplace uses that may never have been federally registered.
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Vincent van Houden is a Harvard Law graduate with a degree in psychology from UC Berkeley. In 2024, Vincent founded Vest Counsel, a law firm advising founders and creators on intellectual property, technology, and business strategy. Prior to that, Vincent worked in the capital markets practice at Fried Frank and for a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
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On March 24, 2026, the United States Patent and Trademark Office officially registered the PINTO PICASSO® trademark on the Principal Register, securing federal protection across two commercial categories.
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