Yes — we have a full page of free trademark resources available to help you understand the search process before you spend a dime. Head over to our Free Trademark Information page — it includes plain-English guides on how to read a trademark search report, what the USPTO's TESS database is (and why it isn't [...]
The industry leader, Thomson Reuters® is a great company that has been around for a very long time. They do excellent work and have the best data in the industry. That's why we purchase all of our Federal and State data from them. Like any large publically traded company which has been around for a long time, they have many old [...]
Creative Trademark Services utilizes the highest quality data available as demanded by our customers. Attorneys will only accept Federal & State results searched via Thomson Reuters® subscription services; we are proud to say that every single search we have conducted since 1997, has been completed using Thomson data.
Logo searches are much more complicated searches that are only searchable by codes and are very expensive, often costing thousands of dollars. There are some services that use image recognition software but we haven't found that to be accurate enough to feel comfortable selling it as a service to our clients. When we do a [...]
Our searches are conducted in all 50 US states and Puerto Rico, not just the location state of your proposed mark.
You can download a PDF copy of our Sample Search Here. You will receive a full trademark search report. It will be broken down into Federal, State and various Common Law sections in alphabetical order. This will include all currently registered, pending, abandoned, canceled and expired trademarks and service marks, both identical and similar to [...]
We research not only your exact mark, but we investigate variations, similarities, truncations, homonyms, spelling differences, and language translations of your proposed mark, as they may all cause a potential conflict with your mark.
Creative Trademark Services has been searching trademarks for over 25+ years and officially started our business on the internet in 1997. Both our office manager and trademark manager have over 25+ years of experience in the field and personally create our search strategy for every single one of our searches. Our principal owner, is the [...]
We conduct our searches in all classes and categories, not just the class of your proposed mark. We do request a description of how you plan to use your mark, but that is only to allow us to do a better job in creating a concise report. You will ALWAYS get all of the results, for any [...]
Our turnaround time is 2-5 business days, with the vast majority of our searches taking 3-4. Our turnaround time is dependent upon our backlog. If you require your search sooner, we may be able to accommodate you with a 24 hour rush service which has an additional charge of $100. Please call our offices at 201-825-1060 [...]
