Trademark Law Resources
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Federal Statutes

• Lanham Act (Trademark Act of 1964)
• Federal Trademark Dilution Statute
• Unfair Competition
• Counterfeit Goods

Case Law

• Assignments
• Damages
• Dilution
• Distinctiveness (legal strength of marks)
• Domain names
• Functionality
• Geographic Boundaries
• Infringement
• Licenses
• Likelihood of Confusion
• Meta Tags
• Secondary Meaning
• Strength of Trademarks
• Use in trade

International Treaties

• Paris Convention
• Madrid Agreement
• Madrid Protocol
• TRIPs Agreement
• NAFTA Agreement
• EC Trade Mark Harmonization Directive
• EC Trade Mark Harmonization Regulation
• Pan-American Convention
• Central American Convention
• Andean Pact
• MERCOSUR
• ARIPO Banjul Protocol
• Trademark Law Treaty
• Nice Agreement

Online Trademark Search Services

• Corsearch -- A close competitor of Thomson & Thomson's, and a little cheaper.

• Namestake -- an excellent new source to begin a search, powered by Thomson & Thomson, which is the premeire trademark search firm used by most attorneys.

• SCI3 -- A private company's online searchable database providing information directly from the USPTO.

• USPTO -- A searchable database provided directly by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (not as current or extensive as others, but free).

International Classes

• Summary International Classification Manual

• Detailed International Classifcation Manual (on USPTO site)

Alphabetical order

• Goods Only | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |

• Services only | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |

By classification number

• Goods only -- | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |

• Services only -- by classification number | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |

State Information

PLEASE NOTE: With the exception of the state links below, the information contained on this site is intended to be a resource on federal trademark law. For information about state trademark protection, see an attorney licensed to practice law in your state. See also, state versus federal protection.

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Online Trademark Articles

• Hyperlinks, Frames and Meta-tags: An Intellectual Property Analysis

• Hidden Identifiers In Web sites: Meta-tags and Intellectual Property

• What's All the Hype About Hyperlinking?

Off-line Trademark Publications

• D'Amato, Anthony, and Long, Doris Estelle eds., International Intellectual Property Anthology, Anderson Publishing Co., 1996.

Self-Help Trademark Books

• McGrath, Kate & Elias, Stephen, Trademark Legal Care for Your Business & Product Name, Nolo Press, 1998.

• Warda, Mark, How to Register Your Own Trademark, Sphinx Publishing, 1994.

• Weinstein, David, How to Protect Your Business, Professional, & Brand Names, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1990.

Trademark Practice Books

• Gundersen, Glenn, Trademark Searching: A Practical and Strategic Guide to the Clearance of New Marks in the United States, International Trademark Association, 1994.

• Hawes, James, Trademark Registration Practice, WestGroup, 1998

• Kolbert, June Gardner & Latham, David Allen, eds., Practitioner's Guide to the Recordation of Trademarks with Customs in the U.S. and the E.E.C., International Trademark Association, 1993.

• Welter, Phyllis J., Trademark Surveys, WestGroup, 1998.

Intersting Trademark Articles

• Davidson, Steve and Engisch, Nicole, 'Trademark Misuse' in Domain Name Disputes, The Computer Lawyer1996, v.13, n8 August.

• Mitchell, Rosanne, Resolving Domain Name-Trademark Disputes: A New System of Alternative Dispute Resolution is Needed in Cyberspace, Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution 1998, v.14, 1, Fall.

Other Trademark Links

• American Intellectual Property Association

• International Trademark Association

• United States Patent and Trademark Office

Educational Institution Sites

• Franklin Pierce Law Center

Tradeamark Related Sites by Other Attorneys

• Bitlaw

Magazines with Trademark Information

• Law Journal Extra

• IP Magazine

Other Sites Worth Mentioning

• Thomson & Thomson's International Trademark Guide

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