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Trademarks Collections

The Science, Industry and Business Library's (SIBL) trademark collection includes:

Federally Registered Trademarks
Legal Resources
International and Foreign Trademarks
Books, Handbooks, and other Print Resources

Federally Registered Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks Cassis
Cassis is the US Patent and Trademark Office's CD ROM database. It contains all currently registered and pending federal trademarks on two disks: Trademarks REGISTERED and Trademarks PENDING.

The Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office: Trademarks
This weekly publication presents all trademarks as they are "Published for Opposition" including all bibliographic information about each trademark -- serial number, mark, owner name(s), international class of goods and services -- as well as a black and white image of the trademark. The Official Gazette also lists those trademarks that have been registered that week and gives notices concerning regulations and expirations. The print copy of the Official Gazette arrives weekly, approximately a week and a half after the date of publication. SIBL has the Official Gazette from 1872 to the present.

Directory of US Trademarks
This annual 11 volume set indexes registered US trademarks alphabetically by each word in the mark, and by the international class of goods and services. No images are included. The 1996 edition, the most recent edition, includes all registered trademarks as of October, 1995.

The Trademark Index of US Patents & Trademark Office Federal Records
This annual publication lists all the currently registered trademarks that include words as of a given day. The 1995 edition, for example, lists trademarks alphabetically, with in each class, that were currently registered as of October 25, 1994. It does not included trademarks that consist of a design only.

Index of US Trademarks
This annual publication lists the registered trademarks for a given year.

 

Legal Resources

Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
This manual is produced by the US Patent and Trademark Office and details all of the procedures used by trademark examiners when dealing with trademark applications. It is a good source for precise requirements of the trademark application process.

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)
This manual provides applicants with basic information useful for litigating cases before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Trademarks Throughout the World
edited by Anne Marie Greene.

Likelihood Of Confusion In Trademark Law
by Richard L. Kirkpatrick.

 

International and Foreign Trademarks

SIBL has a large collection of foreign and international trademarks and trademark gazettes. Those in gazette, i.e., abstract of the trademark registration, are primarily available on paper. For a complete list, view SIBL's Foreign And International Patents and Trademarks. Those in book form may be either in SIBL's closed stacks, retrievable with a call number, patent # and date, or in the New York Public Library's Annex. Those kept in the Annex can be requested at SIBL's delivery desk, but take at least 24 hours to retrieve. Due to the fragile condition of some of the older paper copies, an archival photocopy may need to be made of these sources before photocopying is permitted by the public.

 

Books, Handbooks, and other Print Resources

Defending Your Brand Against Imitation: Consumer Behavior, Marketing Strategies, and Legal Issues
by Judith Lynne Zaichkowsky.Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 1995

A Trademark Guide for Entrepreneurs
by Robert E. Lee.

A Practical Guide to Copyrights and Trademarks
by Frank H. Andorka.

How to Get Your Own Trademark
by Ted Nicholas

How to Protect Your Business, Professional, and Brand Names
by David A. Weinstein

Trademark: How to Name a Business & Product
by Kate McGrath