| A trade mark is a word, slogan, design, picture or other
symbol used by a business to identify its products or services and
distinguish them from those of other businesses. |
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Contact Patmark to perform
a search before you start to invest a lot of money in protecting
and promoting your mark, logo, or slogan.
Ph: +64 4 5693578
Mobile: (from NZ) 021 751 776
Fax: +64 4 5692929
email: search@patmark.co.nz |
Reasons to search for trade mark records:
- To find out if you are copying someone elses idea
- To find out if your idea/slogan/logo is available for you to
protect, so that others may not use it.
- To conduct market research and competitive analysis before proposing
new products/services.
- Manage global trade mark portfolios with valuable registration
and renewal date information.
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Searching involves finding:
- exact marks
- marks that sound like your idea
- marks that look like your logo
- marks that have a similar meaning to your idea
- and many other things
Searching involves checking trade mark databases and records. And
it involves checking peripheral databases, such as domain names,
that might have an impact on your trade mark. |