Keeping up with the pace of your trademark being infringed upon can be tiring and exhausting.  However, you filed a trademark for a reason, namely to retain the integrity of your brand and to keep others from profiting from your good reputation.  Through hard work and diligence you can find others who would abuse your trademark rights!

One final level of monitoring you may wish to undertake is the monitoring of state trademark and corporate databases for filings of new business names or state trademarks which may infringe upon your rights.  The good news is that almost every state has an online portal where you can search for business and state trademark filings for free.  The bad news, the state web sites are not linked and to search every state's databases on a routine basis would be quite time consuming.

There are subscription services which allow for the monitoring of all state databases at once.  If that is not feasible for you we suggest periodic searches of those states in which your business maintains its most active presence.

As always, there are companies which offer trademark monitoring services.  However, if you choose to monitor your marks on your own these tips above will provide you with a great road map to get started.

Standard US TM Search includes US Federal and State search. Comprehensive US TM Search also includes US Common Law databases and Internet Domain Names. Comprehensive US and International TM Search also includes searches in Canada, Europe, United Kingdom, Germany and WIPO. Customized searches are also available to assist clients with a legal analysis for brand availability or expansion, company names, foreign trademarks or common law.

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