What is TMView?

What is TMView? It is the trademark database of the European Union Intellectual Office (EUIPO). It contains the collections of trade mark applications and registered marks of all EU national IP offices, the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and a number of national partner offices outside the EU.

What is a figurative trademark?

Figurative mark. It is a trade mark where non-standard characters, stylisation or layout, or a graphic feature or a colour are used, including marks that consist exclusively of figurative elements.

How do I look up a European trademark?

eSearch plus is EUIPO’s access to its database of European Union trade marks and registered Community designs. It can help you find out if someone has registered a similar trade mark with us. With eSearch plus, you can also perform image searches and image monitoring, find a representative, or search the Bulletin.

How do I trademark a name?

Registering a trademark for a company name is pretty straightforward. Many businesses can file an application online in less than 90 minutes, without a lawyer’s help. The simplest way to register is on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Web site, www.uspto.gov.

Are trademarks International?

Patents and trademarks are territorial and must be filed in each country where protection is sought. A U.S. patent or trademark does not afford protection in another country. Information about filing an international trademark registration application under the Madrid Protocol is available from the USPTO website.

What are the 4 types of trademarks?

Trademarks can generally be categorized into one of four categories of distinctiveness, from most to least distinctive: coined, arbitrary, suggestive and descriptive. Words and designs that lack any distinctiveness fall into a fifth category, “generic,” and cannot function as trademarks.

How do you find a similar trademark?

To search the USPTO’s trademark database, go to TESS and choose a search option. If you are searching for a name, you can use the trademark name search. If you are searching a design mark, such as a logo, you will first need to look up your design code using the USPTO’s Design Search Code Manual.

How do I trademark my logo?

Trademark Application Process:

1. Complete a trademark search.
2. Secure your rights.
3. Submit an initial application at uspto.gov on the Trademark Electronic Application System or TEAS.
4. Fill out the TEAS form for an initial application. Be sure to upload the file of your logo.
5. Submit an “intent-to-use” form.
6. Pay the fees.

Which types of trademarks Cannot be used?

Trademarks which contain or comprise matter likely to hurt the religious susceptibilities of any class or sections of citizens of India. Trademarks which contain or comprise scandalous or obscene matter. If the usage of the trademark is prohibited under the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950.

Is the TM View software a registered trademark?

All rights reserved. QUALITROL is a registered trademark of Qualitrol Company LLC. SERVERON, LOADGUIDE, TRUEGAS as well as TM1, TM2, TM3 and TM8 are trademarks of Serveron®Corporation.

What are some of the uses of TMview?

Among the many uses of TMView, the key uses are trademark search, checking the availability of the trademark name, discovering competitor’s trademarks and responding to trademark examiners. EUIPO in line with its constant efforts to improve TMView, launched the beta version which as claimed is quicker, easier and better.

Which is the best database for trade marks?

TMview database. The TMview project is the best-known of the cooperation projects backed by OHIM and the national IP offices in the EU. Its goal is the creation of a unified database of trade marks, covering information from all EU offices including OHIM, that is both simple to use, multilingual and free to the user [1].

How many trademarks are there in the world?

It was launched 10 years ago with the trademark data from very few European Intellectual property offices. Today it includes over 53 million trademarks from 68 participating offices worldwide. This trademark search tool provides data from all the participating offices that too free of cost.