Client Resources & Links

Client Resources

United States Patent and Trademark Office: www.uspto.gov

United States Copyright Office: www.copyright.gov

US Internal Revenue Service for Businesses: https://www.irs.gov/businesses

US Customs and Border Protection: https://www.cbp.gov

International Trade Administration: https://www.trade.gov

World Intellectual Property Organization: https://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html

Illinois Secretary of State: https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/business_services/home.html

State trademark information links

State Website Address
Alabama:http://sos.alabama.gov/administrative-services/trademarks
Alaska:https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/Corporations/TrademarkRegistration.aspx
Arizona:https://apps.azsos.gov/apps/tntp/index.html
Arkansas:http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/BCS/Pages/default.aspx
California:http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/ts/ts.htm
Colorado:http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/business/forms_main.html#Trademarks
Connecticut:https://business.ct.gov/manage/records/trademarks
Delaware:http://corp.delaware.gov/trademark.shtml
District of Columbia: Use of a mark solely within the District of Columbia qualifies for federal registration. There is no D.C. trademark law. The District's trade name registry can be found at: https://dcra.dc.gov/node/1417686
Florida:http://form.sunbiz.org/cor_t.html
Georgia:http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/corporations/trademarks__service_marks2
Hawaii:http://cca.hawaii.gov/breg/registration/trade/
Idaho:https://sosbiz.idaho.gov/
Illinois:http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/business_services/trademark.html
Indiana:http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/trademarks/
Iowa:http://sos.iowa.gov/business/FormsAndFees.html#TradeServiceMarks
Kansas:https://sos.ks.gov/business/faq-trademark-service-mark.html
Kentucky:http://www.sos.ky.gov/bus/tmandsm/Pages/default.aspx
Louisiana:http://www.sos.la.gov/BusinessServices/FileBusinessDocuments/GetFormsAndFeeSchedule/Pages/default.aspx
Maine:http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/corp/trademarks.html
Maryland:http://sos.maryland.gov/Pages/Trademarks/Trademarks.aspx
Massachusetts:http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/corpweb/cortmsm/tmsmfrm.htm
Michigan:http://michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-61343_35413_35431---,00.html
Minnesota:https://www.sos.state.mn.us/business-liens/business-help/how-to-register-trademarks-and-service-marks/
Mississippi:http://www.sos.ms.gov/BusinessServices/Pages/Trademarks.aspx
Missouri:http://www.sos.mo.gov/business/trademark.asp
Montana:https://sosmt.gov/business/
Nebraska:http://www.sos.ne.gov/business/corp_serv/corp_form.html
Nevada:https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/businesses/trademarks
New Hampshire:https://sos.nh.gov/corporation-ucc-securities/corporation/forms-and-fees/trademark-servicemark-forms-and-laws/
New Jersey:https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/revenue/regmark.shtml
New Mexico:http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Business_Services/Trademark_FAQs.aspx
New York:http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/tradmark.htm
North Carolina:https://www.sosnc.gov/tra
North Dakota:http://sos.nd.gov/business/business-services/trademark-service-mark
Ohio:https://www.sos.state.oh.us/businesses/
Oklahoma:https://www.sos.ok.gov/trademarks/default.aspx
Oregon:https://sos.oregon.gov/business/Pages/business-names-and-trademarks.aspx
Pennsylvania:https://www.dos.pa.gov/BusinessCharities/Business/Resources/Pages/Registration-of-a-Trademark.aspx
Rhode Island:http://sos.ri.gov/business/trademark/
South Carolina:https://sos.sc.gov/services-and-filings/trademarks
South Dakota:https://sdsos.gov/business-services/trademark-name-registration/trade-marks.aspx
Tennessee:https://sos.tn.gov/products/business-services/trademarks-faqs-0
Texas:http://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/trademark.shtml
Utah:http://corporations.utah.gov/business/tm.html
Vermont:https://sos.vermont.gov/corporations/other-services/trademarks/
Virginia:http://www.scc.virginia.gov/srf/bus/tmsm_regis.aspx
Washington:http://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/Trademarks.aspx
West Virginia:https://sos.wv.gov/business/Pages/RegMark.aspx
Wisconsin:http://www.wdfi.org
Wyoming:https://trademarks.wyo.gov
Puerto Rico:https://prtmfiling.f1hst.com/ (English and Spanish)