Month: January 2020

Why buying NLOK puts won’t be a cash cow…

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NLOK is releasing a special dividend of $12 for shareholders of record for the last week in January 2020. Hooray! We can expect the price of the stock to drop around $12 promptly after the dividend is paid.

So will PUT options at pretty much any strike price be a cash cow? 

Unfortunately, with this special dividend comes a special adjustment to the options contracts. The options contacts will be adjusted so each put carries -12/share in value. Bottom line, short the stock and be on the hook for the dividend payable to shareholders.

NLOK Options Clearing House Memo [pdf]

Difference Between ServiceMark, TradeMark, and Registered TradeMark

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Definitions A Trademark is a name that your company uses that identifies a product that you sell. You can claim ownership of the trademark simply by being the first to use it. In protecting that claim in the future you will need to prove that you used it earlier than an infringing brand. A Registered … Read more

What is a Service Mark℠?

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Service-Mark cognate or relate Trademark. Businesses use Service-Mark to identify their services and distinguish them from other Services provided in the same field. Service-Mark consists of letters, words, symbols, and other contrivances that avail consumers understand the inception or source of a particular Services. Roto-Rooter is an example of a Service-Mark utilized by a familiar … Read more

What is a Registered Trademark®?

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A registered trademark is a unique trademark or logo that an individual or company claims to own by submitting a trademark to the relevant government office or agency. Only after the trademark has been successfully registered with the relevant government agency/office can the company use the (R) symbol instead of the TM symbol to trademark … Read more

Searching Trademark ®, ™, & ℠ Symbols

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Trademarks typically come in three varieties: ®, ™, ℠ Trademark symbols are typically seen in three varieties, ® for a ‘registered trademark’, ™ for simply ‘trademark’ – not necessarily registered, and ℠ or ‘service mark’ – also may or may not be registered. In the U.S., trademarks are filed both on state-level and nationally. For companies operating between … Read more