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Patent & Trademark Resources on the Web

This guide directs you to free databases and other materials that explain and help with the patent and trademark search process

Trademark Websites

The following is a list of online trademark resources you may find useful in your research:

Trademark Databases

USPTO Trademark Electronic Search System - TESS
http://www.uspto.gov
 
USPTO Trademark Status and Document Retrieval - TSDR (formerly Trademark Application and Registration Retrieval System - TARR)
http://tsdr.uspto.gov
 
USPTO Trademark Assignment Query Menu
http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments
 
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System - TTABVUE
http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue
 
Connecticut State Trademark/Business Name Search - Business Filings
https://www.concord-sots.ct.gov 
 
Canadian Trademarks Database
https://www.ic.gc.ca
 
Trade Marks from the Patent Office of the United Kingdom
http://www.patent.gov.uk
 
Madrid Express structured (Trademarks) Search
http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/madrid
 
WIPO Gazette of International Marks
http://www.wipo.int/madridgazette
 
WIPO ROMARIN (International Trademark Information Database)
http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/romarin
 
WIPO Article 6ter Structured Search (State Emblems, Official Hallmarks, and Emblems of Intergovernmental Organizations)
http://www.wipo.int/ipdl
 
WIPO Appellations of Origin - Lisbon Structured Search
http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/lisbon
 
WIPOLex - WIPO Collection of Laws for Electronic Access
https://wipolex.wipo.int
 

Trademark Classification Manuals and Search Guides

USPTO Basic Facts about Trademarks
http://www.uspto.gov
 
Making a Mark: An Introduction to Trademarks for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises - WIPO (Downloadable PDF)
https://www.wipo.int/publications
 
International (Nice) Schedule of Classes
https://www.uspto.gov/trademark
 
USPTO Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual U.S. and International Classification numbers
https://idm-tmng.uspto.gov/id-master-list-public
 
USPTO Design Code Search Manual
http://tess2.uspto.gov/tmdb/dscm
 
Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure - TMEP
http://tess2.uspto.gov/tmdb/tmep
 
USPTO Official Gazette - Trademarks: recent five weeks
https://eog-tmng.uspto.gov
 
USPTO FAQ about how to use TESS to search for Native American Tribal Insignia
https://www.uspto.gov/trademark/laws-regulations/native-american-tribal-insignia
 
Guide to the International Registration of Marks under the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol (Downloadable PDF)
http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/guide
 
International (Nice) Classification of Goods and Services
https://www.wipo.int/classifications/nice
 
International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks - Vienna Classification
https://www.wipo.int/classifications/vienna
 
European Union Intellectual Property Office - EUIPO - Trade Marks and Designs (formerly Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market - OHIM)
https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/trade-marks
 
Official Journal of the EUIPO (formerly OHIM)
https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/official-journal
 

National and International Trademark Offices

United States Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks
 
State Trademark Offices
http:/martinwallace.net/ptdla
 
Canadian Trademark Services
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/business/ip/trademarks
 
Industrial Property Digital Library - Japan
http://www.ipdl.ncipi.go.jp
 
Community Trade Mark System Services - European Union
https://euipo.europa.eu
 
WIPO Trademark Gateway
http://www.wipo.int/trademarks