Trademark discovery requests, interrogatories, document requests

Sample Trademark Infringement Interrogatories - Attorney prepared

1. Identify with particularity each specific product or service (not just the general description as set forth by ABC in its federal application) which ABC’s ABC Marks are used, intended to be used, associated with or alluded to be associated with.
ANSWER:2. State the date ABC claims is the date [...]

Eric Willison, Esq., trademark attorney at searchmytrademark.com

1. Avoiding unnecessary expense. It costs money to trademark something. There is no point in trying to do so if what you are seeking to use as a trademark has already been trademarked by someone else.
2. As a preliminary step to getting a mark. Something that has already [...]

In trademark disputes, discovery is often an important part. Discovery comes to us from Civil Rules 26-36, and it allows one party to request information from the other about the lawsuit. The requesting party can ask for documents (Rule 34), admissions on certain issues (Rule 36), depositions (Rule 26), and even responses under [...]