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chenet Posts: 10 Registered: Nov 2013	posted 11-22-2013 10:15 PM Hello, First post, so hopefully not too many guidelines overlooked. I am trying to research a retailers mark. It is probably one of a kind and the retailer did not proceed with the idea of a mark. I would like to know where a retailer would have registered their mark . In other words I am trying to find out details about the mark, so am looking for the process involved with establishing a mark. I do know who the retailer was. The mark could have been established in either Great Britain or America since business was done in both places . IP: Logged
Hose_dk Posts: 400 Registered: May 2008	posted 11-23-2013 04:05 AM Welcome to the forum. You ask for guidelines. They can be read at the sparkling yellow box. I can say that you can do 2 things. First of all introduce yourself and your interest in silver. Is it an item you have, and whats your porpuse of asking the question. Second include good Pictures. Picture of mark and item. You will have answers, but we forum members also want to benefit. Learn, and here Pictures are vital. Remember business research is no go! When you are new - i.e., you have not given anything yet. Then be very specific when you introduce yourself. IP: Logged
chenet Posts: 10 Registered: Nov 2013	posted 11-23-2013 01:12 PM Hello and I did read the sparkly yellow page several times as I was unable to register easily. I am a grandmother, who has not made a penny buying or selling silver of any sort. I am quite interested in Russian silver and anything interesting that comes my way. I was inquiring whether anybody knows the procedure for a retailer registering a mark, in Great Britain, or America from earlier on in the 1900's and it should be a general interest question. I have no mark to share with you sadly enough with a photo IP: Logged
agphile Posts: 798 Registered: Apr 2008	posted 11-23-2013 06:39 PM In the UK we have a system of registered trademarks (number 1 was registered in 1876). A retailer is not obliged to register their mark but may have done so. I am not aware of any facility to search for old registered marks online. I suspect one would need to visit the UK Intellectual Property Office or engage a specialist to do so. IP: Logged
chenet Posts: 10 Registered: Nov 2013	posted 11-24-2013 08:15 AM Thank you for your answer, I was worried that such would be the case. However, I did not know about the office for intellectual property. I wonder if a mark would have enhanced the value of an item, kind of an imprimatur of quality, assuming the vendor was of high enough quality and reputation. IP: Logged
Kimo Posts: 1627 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 11-24-2013 08:25 AM Trademarks in the US go back to 1870s and there are millions of them. There is no requirement that anyone get a trademark, it is only something that is done if a company wants to get some degree of protection from others using their trademark. It can be straightforward when you have a unique word such as Pepsi or Coke, but it can get a bit challenging when you have a design or something less obvious. Here is a link where you can go to start trying to look up a particular one: USPTO Trademarks Home IP: Logged
chenet Posts: 10 Registered: Nov 2013	posted 11-24-2013 08:30 AM Thank you so much, as a Canadian, I was not aware of that. I suspect that it might be a dead end, but it is interesting to pursue at any rate. IP: Logged

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