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Do not ignore it and do not answer in anger. Calendar the deadline, preserve records, test the sender's rights, then pick one of four responses.

A trademark cease and desist letter is cheap and often works, but it can invite a declaratory judgment suit or a counterattack on your own registration.

Small companies must keep formation documents, bylaws or an operating agreement, minutes, an ownership ledger, and state filings. Here is the list and why.

Before you raise capital, clean up the cap table, IP assignments, corporate records, and securities compliance. Investors will check each one in diligence.

Most companies cannot register every name, logo and tagline at once. A trademark filing strategy ranks marks, classes and countries by the revenue they protect.

A trademark license agreement without real quality control can be treated as abandoning the mark. These are the terms that protect both licensor and licensee.