Maryland Intellectual Property Lawyer & Attorney : Brian Wm. Higgins : Serving Baltimore, Columbia, Frederick

     U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) records show that for the period January through June 2008, the PTO received 28 trademark applications from Maryland resident or entities (based on a search of "owner address" records using TESS). That number is a 55% decline in the number of applications received for the same period in 2007 (62), but only a 3% decline over 2006 numbers (29).

     The number of registrations to Maryland individuals or entities in the first half of 2008 was down compared to last year. According to the PTO, 23 registrations were effective during the period January through June 2008, which is a 4% decline in the number of registrations for the same period in 2007 (24 registrations), but is the same number of registrations in 2006 (23).

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     U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) records show that for the period January through March 2008, the PTO received 15 trademark applications from Maryland resident or entities (based on a search of "owner address" records using TESS). That number is a 38% decline in the number of applications received for the same period in 2007 (24), and a 6% decline over 2006 numbers (16).

     The number of registrations to Maryland individuals or entities in the first quarter of 2008 was down compared to last year. According to the PTO, 8 registrations were effective during the period January through March 2008, which is a 43% decline in the number of registrations for the same period in 2007 (14 registrations), and an 11% decline over 2006 numbers (9).

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     The first nine months of 2007 saw an increase in the number of federal trademarks registered to Maryland entities and/or individuals, compared to the same period in 2006. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) searchable records show that for the period January through September 2007, the PTO registered 45 federal trademarks to Marylanders (based on a search of "owner address" records using TESS). The PTO registered 35 federal trademarks to Marylanders for the same period in 2006 (a 29% difference). 


     

      In terms of filed applications, the PTO received 71 applications for trademarks from Maryland entities and individuals for the first nine months of 2007, compared to 65 applications received during the same period in 2006 (a 9% increase).

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     The first seven months of 2007 saw an increase in the number of federal trademarks registered to Maryland entities and/or individuals, compared to the same period in 2006. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) searchable records show that for the period January through July 2007, the PTO registered 27 trademarks to Marylanders (based on a search of "owner address" records using TESS). The PTO registered 24 marks to Marylanders for the same period in 2006. 

     In terms of filed applications, the PTO received 65 applications for trademarks from Maryland entities and individuals for the first seven months of 2007, compared to 35 applications received during the same period in 2006. 

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According to the University of Baltimore School of Law web site, staff from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) will provide free training on Tuesday, August 7, 2007, to inventors, would-be inventors, entrepreneurs, law firms, research firms and similarly interested parties in searching for U.S. patents and trademarks.  The training, conducting in cooperation with the Law School's Law Library, will teach how to use the PTO web site to search patents and trademarks, and how to access the PubWEST database, which is the same search tool used by PTO patent examiners.  Registration and continental breakfast are to begin at 8 a.m., followed by a training program from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Contact information:  Joanne Dugan; (410) 837-4373; patentlibrary@ubalt.edu.

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• UB's Law Library is one of two Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDL) in Maryland, and the most recent to be so designated.  The other PTDL is located in the Engineering and Physical Sciences Library in College Park, MD

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