PARTS LLC key objective in trademark searching is to find the best available expired, unexpired and abandoned registered trademarks and determine whether a potential trademark has possibility in a timely manner. The types of trademark searching that we perform are:

1. State Trademark Search – this search is performed electronically and manually for trademarks that are registered with the state.

2. Federal Trademark Search – this search is performed electronically and manually for trademarks that are registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. The electronic searching database that we use is the Trademark Electronic Search System, known as TESS.

3. Common Law Trademark Search – this search is an extensive search that uses federal and state registers, telephone directories, newspapers, news paper electronic archives, journals, magazines, publications, company and industrial records, etc.

For information purposes, a common law trademark is not registered or protected with the federal or state governments. The rights of this type of trademark are predicated solely on one using their trademark before someone else. Note: this trademark can only be defended by an owner, if he/she can verify the date of first use.