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Patents and Trademarks: Learn About Trademarks

Resources for finding information on patents and trademarks

Learn About Trademarks

Trademarks can be registered at the federal level (at the U.S. PTO site) as well as at the state level. State trademarks are only valid in the state where they are registered.

Books on Trademarks

What Can Be Trademarked?

Trademarked Logos/Images:

Trademarked Phrases:

Trademarked Colors/Palettes:

Tiffany Blue; Pantone color #1837

Prince's Paisley Park purple

Orange on the Reece's candy wrapper (Hershey Co.)

Trademarked Sounds:

Harlem Globetrotters theme

Pillsbury Doughboy's giggle

Twentieth Century Fox intro (instrumental)