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Trademark Information

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Before you begin please be sure to read the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Where Do I Start web page.

What is a trademark or service mark?

• A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others.
• A service mark is the same as a trademark, except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than a product. Throughout this booklet, the terms "trademark" and "mark" refer to both trademarks and service marks.

Federal trademarks, issued by the USPTO, are valid in all 50 states. In addition, each state issues its own trademarks.

Quick Links

• Trademarks - United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • TESS - Trademark Electronic Search System - contains all currently active (and some inactive) trademarks
• USPTO Design Search Code Manual - if your mark includes a design element (i.e. logo), you will need to search it by using a design code
• International Schedule of Classes of Goods and Services
• TEAS - the Trademark Electronic Application System
• TARR - Trademark Application and Registration Retrieval system

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - provides extensive patent and trademark information, including: 

• Basic Facts About Trademarks
• Where do I start?
• Trademark FAQ
• A List of U.S. Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries

Trademark Searching

• Conducting a Trademark Search
• Searching the Trademark Database (TESS) - (Jan Comfort, Clemson University, 2004)
• Trademarks, Likelihood of Confusion -- In Brief 
• How to Research US Trademarks on the Web - University of Central Florida Libraries

More Information about Trademarks

• Trademark Law - Cornell University Law School
• Registering a Trademark - from Findlaw.com
• Basic Trademark Information - International Trademark Association
• U.S. Trademark History Timeline - McKinney Engineering Library
• Where to find Business names: DBA, Inc., Trademarks, Service Marks - McKinney Engineering Library

State Trademark Information

Texas Trademarks -  The Texas Secretary of State’s web site offers Texas trademark forms and a searchable database of Texas trademarks.  There is a charge for searching the database.     

• Texas Trademark Forms
• Frequently Asked Questions

State Trademark Information - find information on trademarks specific to all 50 states and D.C.

Please Note:

The Engineering Library staff will be glad to provide more information on searching the Trademark database. We can not, however, provide the following services:

• we can not do the search for you
• we can not provide legal help or advise
• we can not help you with the application process