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The Junior User's Playbook: Using and Claiming a Trademark a Competitor Already Uses But Has Not Registered
2026-08-13 05:08 UTC by Law.comScott G. Brownhttps://feeds.feedblitz.com/-/967804847/0/law/legal-news.jpgTrademarks/Intellectual Property/Expert Opinion

It is one of the more common questions a trademark practitioner fields at the start of a brand launch: “We found the name we want to use, but somebody else is already using it — and they never registered it. Are we blocked? Surprisingly, the answer is oftentimes “not necessarily.

       

 

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