Intellectual Property Law

Chapter 3 Internet Resources

1. Access the USPTO website and indicate how many Patent and Trademark
Resource Centers there are in Texas and in Florida.

2. Access the website for the Colorado Secretary of State and conduct a search to locate
the mark “The Canteen Tap House and Tavern.” When will the registration expire?

3. Assume a client wishes to use the mark “Tienda de Joyeria” for its jewelry store
services. Use Babelfish and translate the mark from Spanish to English. Do you
believe this mark is registrable? Discuss.

4. Access the USPTO website and use the New User search form. Locate the
registration for CHILI-O. When was the mark registered?

5. Access the USPTO website and use the New User search form. Locate the mark
registered as U.S. Reg. No. 3648804.

a. What is this mark?

b. Access TSDR. Review the outgoing Office Action dated May 16, 2005.
Briefly, what reasons did the USPTO give for initially refusing
registration of the mark?

6. Access the USPTO website and use the Structured Form. Insert “Barnum’s
Animal Crackers” into one field (as “Basic Field”) and then select “AND.” Insert
“Nabisco” into the other field (as “Owner Name and Address”).

a. Which “live” mark are you given?

b. View the assignment status for this mark. Who is the current owner of the
mark?

7. Access the USPTO website and review the Design Search Code Manual.

a. What six-digit numerical code has been assigned to lakes?

b. What six-digit numerical code has been assigned to pita bread?