online free trademark searches?

From: Carl Oppedahl <carl[_at_]oppedahl.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 08:37:06 -0400

On 10/01/96, Rob Apgood <rob[_at_]ssiinc.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, 01 Oct 1996, Varimetrix Corp <webuser[_at_]vx.com> wrote:
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>> I need an online FREE search engine for trademark information. 
>> Shouldn't there be a government database full of this information?

>
> I received this directly and thought I'd forward it to the group.
> I haven't had a need to search directly, so haven't done the research
> to find such a DB. If anyone knows of one, please notify me, as well,
> so that I might add it to my leglref page.

See "How may I do trademark research on the Internet?" at <http://www.patents.com/trademar.sht#inet-searching>. Right now the answer is, nobody gives it away for free. However, that section lists the resources that *are* available online, and would be updated to show a free service if it were ever to be offered. 

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Received on Wed Oct 02 1996 - 12:34:36 GMT

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