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Trademarks

  • USPTO Trademark Electronic Search System(Tess)
    http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=login&p_lang=english&p_d=trmk
    Provides an interface to search the existing trademark application and registration information.
  • USPTO Trademarks Main Page
    http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
  • Madrid Protocol
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/madrid/madridindex.htm
    Links to FAQs, procedures and guides, laws and rules about the Madrid Protocol which is an international treaty that allows a trademark owner to seek registration in any of the countries that have joined the Madrid Protocol by filing a single application, called an "international application." The International Bureau of the World Property Intellectual Organization <www.wipo.int>, in Geneva, Switzerland administers the international registration system.
  • MicroPatent TrademarkWeb
    http://www.micropatent.com/0/trademarkweb.html
    Includes the complete US Federal trademark database, with active marks dating from 1884. Fee-based. Daily, monthly or annual subscriptions available.
  • WV Secretary of State Trademarks
    https://www.wvsos.com/business/trademark/main.htm
    Provides information on Protecting A Mark in West Virginia including registration, searches and forms and fees.

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