Targeted at trademark attorneys, in-house counsel, research and development professionals, small businesses, et al. It includes all pending U.S. federal trademark applications and all active registrations since 1884. The system also carries 15 years of inactive records. The new Web service integrates common law trademarks those established by long practice but not necessarily officially registered.
Users can arrange single or multi-database access.
The system has a Class Lookup tool for searchers starting a search. The 800,000 trademarks in the initial common law file come from brand and company names, e.g., telephone directories. More are being added all the time, including domain names. In time the company hopes to expand coverage into specific industry collections. When that happens, Tellefsen expects searchers would start a search in a fundamental collection and then move on to common law terms used in specific industries.