Correspondence and Information
All correspondence about trademark matters should be addressed to Commissioner for Trademarks, PO Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451, unless you have the name of a particular examiner or other official.
Here are some phone numbers and web pages you may find useful:
◆ Automated (Recorded) General Trademark or Patent Information: 1-800-786- 9199 or 571-272-1000; www.uspto.gov.
◆ The Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS;tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=4004:fogquj.1.1): Search the USPTO database before filing your application to determine whether anyone is already claiming trademark rights in a particular mark.
◆ Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS; www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html): TEAS allows you to fill out an application form and submit it directly to the USPTO over the Internet. You can pay by credit card, through an existing USPTO deposit account, or via electronic funds transfer.
Bright Ideas
John S. Pemberton, a druggist in Atlanta, brewed the first kettle of Coca-Cola in 1886. Its main ingredients were coca, the dried leaves of a South American shrub, and cola, extracted from the kola nut. The American public coined the abbreviated name Coke. Coke was registered as a federal trademark in 1920.
◆ The Trademark Application and Registration Retrieval System (TARR; tarr. uspto.gov): From this page, you may retrieve information about pending and registered trademarks obtained from the USPTO’s internal database by simply entering a valid trademark serial number or registration number.
◆ Assignment Branch: 571-272-3350.
◆ Certified Copies of Registrations: 571-272-3150.
◆ Information Regarding Renewals [Sec. 9], Affidavits of Use [Sec. 8], Incontestability [Sec. 15], or Correcting a Mistake on a Registration: 571-272-9500.
◆ Information Regarding International Applications and other documents under the Madrid Protocol: 571-272-8910.
◆ Trademark Trial and Appeal Board: 571-272-8500.
The Least You Need to Know
◆ Trademarks can be more important than patents.
◆ You don’t need a federal trademark registration, but it adds to your punch.
◆ Save money, and do the search and application yourself online. Try it; you’ll like it.
◆ Get a jump on things with an intent-to-use application.
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