Intellectual Property Law

Federal Trademark Trends in Maryland: 2008 Summary

By Brian Wm. Higgin

     U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) records show that in 2008, the PTO received 68 trademark applications from Maryland resident or entities (based on a search of "owner address" records using Trademark Electronic Search System, TESS, database). That number is a 20% decline in the number of applications received in 2007 (85), and a 22% decline over 2006 numbers (87).

     The number of registrations to Maryland individuals or entities in 2008 was also down compared to last year. According to the PTO, 53 registrations were effective in 2008 (as of December 31, 2008), which is a 36% decline in the number of registrations in 2007 (83 registrations), but is one more than the number of registrations in 2006 (52).

Full post as published by Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog on January 02, 2009 (boomark / email).