Trademark FAQs - related questions & answers

Question: What is a service mark?

Answer:
A service mark is any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce, to identify and distinguish the services of one provider from services provided by others.

Question: Do I need to translate my trademarks into a foreign language?

Answer:
No. When translating text/documents into another language, the trademark doesn’t need to be translated. Often there is no literal translation of the term, and the significance of the trademark is not how it translates.

Question: Does the U.S.Patent & Trademark Office have free searchable online patent databases?

Answer:
Yes, the US Patent & Trademark Office site has full-text and image databases of patents issued since 1790 and patent applications. TIFF software is needed to view the patent images.
 

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