Patent ID: 7246046

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for brokering trademarks, comprising the steps of: receiving trademarks from potential sellers; populating a trademark brokerage database with the trademarks, said trademarks in said trademark brokerage database being available for acquisition by potential buyers; querying a remote database to determine said identification descriptions associated with the trademarks, the remote data base being remote from the trademark brokerage database and administered by a government agency; receiving from said remote database said identification descriptions for the trademarks; populating a trademark brokerage database with the identification descriptions that are received from said remote database; providing access to said trademark brokerage database for said potential buyers of said trademarks; receiving from said potential buyers trademark queries related to said identification descriptions; generating trademark query results based upon which trademarks satisfy said received queries; and presenting said query results to said potential buyers, wherein at least one of said potential buyers acquires one of said trademarks that is in said trademark brokerage database based upon said query results.