Guide to Australian, Victorian, British and American trade marks held by the Library.
Trade marks First registered in 1875 under a system of 50 Classes of goods. In 1934 the 50 Class system was replaced with a 34 Class system. In 1984, services as well as goods were registered, and the classification system was extended to 42 Classes. (Source "Useful books" (1) GB Section 2.7 Trade marks). Currently, there are 45 classes (34 for goods and 11 for services, following the Nice classification).
1876 to 1989 (incomplete) The Trade Marks Journal. - This is held in offsite storage.
Arranged in Class order, with registration number, name of registrant, and description of the trade marked product. Contains illustrations of accepted applications advertised before registration. Includes an annual name index to registrants 1876-1978 (Source "Useful books" (1) GB Section 2.7 Trade marks).
Search for currently registered trade marks via the GB Intellectual Property Office website. Issues of The Trade Marks Journal from February 2023 to current are also available for download.
As with Australia and the UK, the US follows the Nice classification for the registration of trade marks.(45 classes).
1872 to 1971 - Official gazette of the
1972 to 1975 - Official gazette of the United State Patent Office. Trademarks
These are both held in offsite storage, and issues need to be requested by staff.on behalf of library patrons.
Keyword index of registered trade marks, 1790 to 1873, published in Volume 3 (pages 1,930 to 1,946) of the Subject-matter index of patents for inventions issued by the United States Patent Office from 1790 to 1873, inclusive (1976).
Index of trademarks issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office - 1927-1994 (incomplete) (Hathi Trust Digital Library). Each annual volume contains an alphabetical list of registrants of trademarks.
Search for US trade marks via the United State Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Two free international trade mark databases are the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Global Brand Database (includes Australian trade mark registrations), and the TMView database (registered trade marks of EU member states).
