A search engine for US trademarks

That's what I gather, too. Looks like an added service is that they will notify you when similar marks to yours are filed. (found here: http://www.trademarkia.com/press-release.aspx)

I am interested in seeing how (if?) they implement that. A mark is more than words; It is also the colors and shapes that comprise the mark. I wonder how they will determine whether a mark is similar when someone picks a logo that looks like yours.

It doesn't seem like their claim of "Search all U.S. trademarks filed since 1870..." is correct. Trademarkia doesn't have the mark that I filed in August, but it is on the USPTO website.

Hello, we are not scraping the USPTO site. We have actually obtained the data legally under the Freedom of Information Act. I wrote a more detailed post below. Kind regards, Raj Abhyanker CEO of Trademarkia

We haven't indexed the 2009 data yet. We will be doing so in the coming month. After that time, we'll be updating the site daily with the latest USPTO data. Trademarkia will soon be just as accurate as the USPTO, with much more deeper/interesting search capabilities. Stay tuned. Raj Abhyanker CEO of Trademarkia

wait a second - the Digital Millennium _Copyright_ Act is enforceable for issues with the US Patent and Trademark office?

All the same, your story is simultaneously cool and a shame. Good luck getting it back online!

Hello,

Thank you for starting this thread on Trademarkia! I am Raj Abhyanker, and the CEO of Trademarkia (www.trademarkia.com), a 2 person startup here in Palo Alto, CA. We just launched this Monday September 14, 2009 the TechCrunch50 Demo Pit.

We have only indexed USPTO trademark data from 1870 till December 31, 2008. We have not yet indexed the 2009 data, and that is why the mark recently filed in August 2009 is not showing up. The 2009 data will be indexed, and the site will be refreshed daily in about 1 month.

You are correct, our revenue model will be in the filing services for new marks (state, federal and international), and the re-filing of expired and abandoned trademarks by new owners. Because we automate and simplify the process, we are able to offer a lower cost, highly reliable method for these services.

In addition, we will provide infringement monitoring against new trademark filings. With regards to logo marks, we have developed a unique search engine for things inside of logos based on never before indexed legacy USPTO classification codes. For example, you can see inside logos here: http://www.trademarkia.com/trademark-logo-design

After we are funded, we plan to indexing all 50 state U.S. trademark filings, as well as those in as many international countries as possible. We are currently looking for partners (domain name registrars, logo design companies, etc.) that might want to create interesting and cool APIs between our site and theirs.

If you have any further questions regarding Trademarkia (or want to help), please feel free to call me at 650-965-8731 or email me at raj@trademarkia.com

Thank you once again for starting this thread. YCombinator is a great resource.

Respectfully yours,

Raj

Raj Abhyanker CEO & IP Attorney Trademarkia.com

yes, for now. We eventually want the search to be for trademarks in all 50 states as well as in international countries. We allow users to purchase 'recycled' trademarks (e.g., trademarks abandoned by their previous owner) by re-reregistering for them and easily finding expired marks. Raj Abhyanker CEO of Trademarkia.com

The context of this post has since disappeared - the original title was "A search engine for trademarks" which has changed since I made my comment.