ONLINE GOVERNMENT TRADEMARK DATABASES

• United States
• Trademark Application and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) Allows search by trademark application number and trademark registration number http://tarr.uspto.gov
• Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) Allows search by mark, design application or registration number and allows user to create search strategies http://tess.uspto.gov

• Australia - Australian Trade Mark Online Search System (ATMOSS) http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au

• United Kingdom http://www.patent.gov.uk/tm/dbase/index.htm

• New Zealand Intellectual Property Office (IPO) offers limited search options for casual users, greater option for those who pay a fee and register. http://www.iponz.govt.nz

• Japan
• Word marks http://www3.lpdl.jpo.go.jp/cgi-bin/ET/ep_main.cgi?1008008525255
  Figurative marks http://www3.lpdl.jpo.go.jp/cgi-bin/TF/slt3.cgi
  Famous trademarks http://www1.lpdl.jpo.go.jp/chomei/search_e.cgi?loin&1008008850102

• Hungary Hungarian Patent Office - English database http://www.hpo.hu/English/db/vedjegy/vedjegy/vedjegy.cgi

• European Union Community Trademark search (CTM-ONLINE) http://www.oami.eu.int/search/trademark/la/EN tm_search.cfm.

• Caribbean, Central and South America No free trademark searches available, however Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, and Peru offer fee-based e-searching.

• Argentina Argentine Industrial Property Institute (INPI) http://www.inpi.gov.ar

• Brazil Brazilian Industrial Property Institute (INPI) http://www.inpi.gov.br

• Chile Chilean Industrial Property Department http://www.proind.gov.cl

• CubaCuban Industrial Property Office http://www.cenlal.inf.cu

• Mexico Mexican Industrial Property Office (IMPI) http://www.impi.gob.mx

• Panama Panama Patent Office http://www.mici.gob.pa

• Peru Peruvian Intellectual Property Office (INDECOPI) http://www.indecopi.gob.pe

• Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) http://stategis.ic.gc.ca/cgi-bin/sc_consu/trade-marks/search-e.pl