| Trademark.com, an online search service for trademark
attorneys, entrepreneurs, librarians, product/brand managers, and others,
has announced the addition of more than 900,000 U.K. marks to its existing
collection of U.S. Federal, States, Common Law, Canadian, WIPO, European
Community (EC), and Domain Name databases. This is the first of several
country-specific trademark files to be added to Trademark.com, a division
of MicroPatent.
"The addition of the U.K. trademark file to Trademark.com
represents a significant milestone," said Steve Wolfson, Trademark.com's
president. "On the international front, we aggressively added Canadian,
WIPO, and EC marks earlier this year. Our customers, however, have requested
country-specific data, and the U.K. release is the first of several such
databases to fill that need. We are now, and will continue to be, more
competitive internationally, offering clients a truly comprehensive search
service that's easy to use and affordable."
U.K. trademark records may be accessed with either
a daily or annual Trademark.com search subscription. An introductory special
features these marks within the Platinum search tier, which includes all
U.S., Canadian, WIPO, EC, Domain Name, and U.K. data, or the Silver search
tier, which includes all non-U.S. files. Daily search subscriptions for
these two tiers are priced at $100 and $50, respectively, and will be available
with the U.K. data for a limited time. There are no additional per-hit
fees beyond the listed subscription price.
Additional country-specific databases planned
for release on Trademark.com this year include the German, French, and
Benelux trademark files. Similarly, a new Adobe PDF report feature is scheduled
for an upcoming release, allowing users to download results in an easy-to-view
format that can be shared with others or imported directly into a word
processor, according to the announcement.
"We've been studying the marketplace and listening
to what clients and prospective customers tell us," said Jerry Lewis, director
of product planning for Trademark.com. "This research uncovered the fact
that there are many trademark searchers, both in the legal or corporate
arenas, who are looking for an intuitive, user-friendly, complete online
search service that's affordable to help them meet their needs. Our aggressive
development schedule is in response to this industry demand and will continue
until we've satisfied these customer requests."
Source: Trademark.com, East Haven, CT, 800/648-6787,
203/466-5055; http://www.trademark.com. |
