Trademark Searching

Scope

The class covers U.S. trademark searching using the new trademark searching platform from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

This class is best taken following Intellectual Property Basics.

Trademark searching is taught every four weeks at the same time.

Note: The scope of the class does not include patent searching.

Attendees should have basic mastery of keyboard/mouse skills and familiarity with Internet browsing and searching to best appreciate and benefit from the course.

The instructor suggests that attendees follow along in real time using the search tool. 

Audience

  • Independent entrepreneurs in the community. This course is free and open to the public!
  • Rice students, staff, and faculty.

(Academic trademark researchers can contact the Kelley Center at govhelp@rice.edu to discuss alternative class arrangements.)

Registration

Advance registration is required. Please register online. If you need to cancel your reservation, please send an email to govhelp@rice.edu, so people on the waiting list can take the class.

  • It is your responsibility to notify the instructor if you will no longer be able to attend.
  • If you miss a course without notifying staff by the day of the course, your registration for all future courses will be canceled.

Cost

There is no charge.

All Classes & Events

Registration Information
Date/Time
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Location
Zoom (virtual meeting). Links will be sent to registered participants about an hour in advance.
Registration Form
Some short courses are offered multiple times each semester, please enter the course date/time you wish to register.
Rice Affiliation
* Denotes that Friends of Fondren Library membership is required for classes offered by the GIS/Data Center and Digital Media Commons. Government Information classes like Patents and Trademarks, Census and Microforms do not require a membership.