Law Department Management Blog
Fred Smith, Co-Founder and VP of Marketing of Trademarkia, wrote me about his startup, Trademarkia.com that launched in September 2009.
Smith explained that “Trademarkia has built the first and largest library of 5.7 million logos, names, and slogans anywhere on the Internet by leveraging public information. [Rees Morrison: The website says that it covers all US trademarks filed since 1870.] People who are looking to create a new business name, slogan, or logo now have a unique new way to get creative ideas and inspiration for new marks. Trademarkia has also created a unique way to automate and simplify state and federal trademark registrations and monitoring.”
The site looks impressive, although I did not poke around much or verify Smith’s claims. In-house trademark counsel might find it useful (See my post of Aug. 19, 2009: trademarks with 33 references.).