Intellectual Property Law

Number of Trademarks Registered to Maryland Entities Surge

By Brian Wm. Higgin

Summary:  Number of applications down, but registrations up 41% over 2006 numbers

The first eleven months of 2007 saw an increase in the number of federal trademarks registered to Maryland entities and/or individuals, compared to the same period in 2006. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) searchable records show that for the period January through November 2007, the PTO registered 69 federal trademarks to Marylanders (based on a search of "owner address" records using TESS). The PTO registered 49 federal trademarks to Marylanders for the same period in 2006 (a 41% difference).

In November, the PTO registered 15 trademarks for Maryland entities/individuals, including "Everything Matters" to DLA Piper US LLP (a Maryland limited liability partnership), which the firm displays on its website (top right):

 

In terms of filed applications, the PTO received 79 applications for trademarks from Maryland entities and individuals for the first eleven months of 2007, compared to 83 applications received during the same period in 2006 (a 5% decrease).

Full post as published by Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog on December 04, 2007 (boomark / email).