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Trademarks

US State Trademark Offices

In the USA, every state maintains its own trademarks office so that trademark owners can get state registrations for their trademarks. There are three main situations where trademark owners usually want to register their trademark in the states where they use them: They only use their trademark in one state Their trademarks aren’t registrable under […]

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Searching the USPTO trademark database

The USPTO public trademarks database here. Most people use the Basic Word Mark Search. This option cannot be used to search design marks. Search for a word contained in federally registered marks only by using the following boolean:“Not (0)[RN]” 05.13.09 – Marijuana plants (for design code searches).   Search Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s decisions […]