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Law Practice,
Intellectual Property

Dec. 21, 2020

Can businesses use third-party trademarks on their websites?

As the internet ever-increasingly becomes the default medium for advertising and commerce, businesses are pushing the boundaries of what is ethically and legally acceptable in advertising, employing search engine optimization tactics to increase their chances of showing up in your search results.

Josh Eichenstein

Founder
Eichenstein Law Firm P.C.

Email: Joshua@EichIPLaw.com

Southwestern Univ SOL; Los Angeles CA

Josh is a Los Angeles-based intellectual property attorney specializing in copyright, trademark, patent, and trade secret litigation. He was rated as one of Super Lawyers' Rising Stars in the field of Intellectual Property Litigation for the Southern California region from 2017 to 2023.

As the internet ever-increasingly becomes the default medium for advertising and commerce, businesses are pushing the boundaries of what is ethically and legally acceptable in advertising, employing search engine optimization tactics to increase their chances of showing up in your search results. Generally speaking, search engine optimization is the process of using keywords on your website, sometimes imperceptibly, so that your website appears prominently in search r...

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