Help on Trade Mark Search

 

You can perform a search on any single field. You can enter text in either upper or lower case.

Trade Mark: Enter the text of the Trade Mark you wish to search. Select one of the following from the drop-down box: 'equals', 'contains', 'starts with' or 'ends with'.

• If you enter 'Guinness' and choose 'equals' the system will search for the exact match of 'Guinness'.
• If you enter 'Guinness' and choose 'contains', the system will search for everything that contains 'Guinness' including 'Mrs Guinness's Remedies'.
• If you enter 'Guinn' and choose 'starts with', the system will search for everything that starts with 'Guinn' including 'Guinness Extra Stout' and 'Guinness & Mahon'.
• If you enter 'ness' and choose 'ends with', the system will search for everything that ends with 'ness' including 'Guinness', 'Witness' and 'Turkey Business'.

 

Applicant/Proprietor/Holder: This field is searched using a full text indexing system. Under this system a number of words and characters are reserved for internal system use only. If you use any of these reserved words or characters as part of your search criteria the system will ignore them. To view a full list of the reserved words and characters click on the following link: Reserved Words

• If you are searching on the word 'Guinness' the system will automatically return Marks belonging to any Applicant/Proprietor/Holder where the search field contains the exact word 'Guinness'.
• You can use the operators 'AND', 'OR' and 'NOT' as part of your search.
• If you search on 'Guinness and Sons' the system will return any Applicant/Proprietor/Holder where the searched field contains the exact words 'Guinness' and 'Sons' in any order, e.g. 'Guinness & Sons Limited', 'Arthur Guinness and Sons'.

• If you search on 'Guinness or Sons' the system will return Applicant/Proprietor/Holder where the searched field contains the exact word 'Guinness' or the exact word 'Sons'.
• If you search on 'Guinness and Sons not Limited' the system will return any Applicant/Proprietor/Holder where the searched field contains the exact word 'Guinness' and the exact word 'Sons' but does not contain the word 'Limited'.
• Please be aware that the results of your search may be affected by variations in spelling of different names.

Representative: This field is searched using a full text indexing system. Under this system a number of words and characters are reserved for internal system use only. If you use any of these reserved words or characters as part of your search criteria the system will ignore them. To view a full list of the reserved words and characters click on the following link: Reserved Words

• If you are searching on the word 'Guinness' the system will automatically return Representative where the searched field contains the exact word 'Guinness'.
• You can use the operators 'AND', 'OR' and 'NOT' as part of your search.
• If you search on 'Guinness and Sons' the system will return any Representative where the searched field contains the exact words 'Guinness' and 'Sons' in any order, e.g. 'Guinness & Sons Limited', 'Arthur Guinness and Sons'.

• If you search on 'Guinness or Sons' the system will return any Representative where the searched field contains the exact word 'Guinness' or the exact word 'Sons'.
• If you search on 'Guinness and Sons not Limited' the system will return any Representative where the searched field contains the exact word 'Guinness' and the exact word 'Sons' but does not contain the word 'Limited'.
• Please be aware that the results of your search may be affected by variations in spelling of different names.

 

Goods and Services Classes (Nice Classifications): If the field is left blank it will automatically search ALL classes.

• If you wish to search on more than one class you can do so by separating the classes with a comma, e.g. 2,4,6,8,10. The system will return marks that contain at least one of the classes specified.
• To view the Nice Classifications click on the following link 'Goods and Services Classes'

 

Figurative Code(s) (Vienna Classification): It is not necessary to include the figurative codes in order to identify figurative marks. Marks that contain figurative elements will be returned using the other search criteria, if appropriate. To view the Vienna Classifications click on the following link: Figurative Code(s)

There is the capability to specify 'AND' or 'OR' when searching using Figurative Codes. A plus sign '+' represents 'AND', while a comma ',' represents 'OR'.

• To search for marks containing 'a star' and 'a tree' figurative codes 01.01.02 and 05.01.05 enter the following: 01.01.02+05.01.05
• To search for marks containing 'stars or sun or moon' figurative codes 01.01.05, 01.03.02 and 01.07.01 enter the following: 01.01.05,01.03.02,01.07.01

Use of a combination of 'AND' and 'OR' is allowed. It is important to note that when you search using a combination of the two delimiters, AND (+) takes precedence over OR (,). For example the search 01.01.05,01.03.02+02.05.04 means figurative marks that contain either stars or (sun and children) and NOT (stars or sun) and children.