The database, recommended in a report required by the Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act, will assist the agency in reviewing trademark applications. Inclusion of official insignia in this database will ensure that an examining attorney, who is searching a mark that is confusingly similar to an official insignia will find and consider the official insignia before making a determination of registrability.
Intellectual property is a potent force in the competitive free enterprise system.
Over 6 million patents have been issued since the first patent in 1790 and more than 2.3 million trademarks have been registered since the first in 1870.