A final areticle on answers to trademark questions
December 15th, 2009
Another common question regarding trademarks is, are they legal outside the US, No, they are not, however certain countries do and will recognize a United States registered trademark as the basis for filing an application to register a mark in certain countries under certain international treaties. Each individual country must be consulted on this matter, as deemed necessary.
More answers to trademark questions is, can the USPTO do a search for an applicant? No, after an application is filed, the USPTO can conduct a search of records as part of the official exam process, The search is not done for the applicant but rather to determine whether or not the mark applied for can indeed be registered or not.
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