State Trademark Information Links

To acquire trademark and/or service mark registration at the state level, applicants must file an application with the trademark office of the specific state in which protection is sought. For information about state registration requirements, applicants must contact the individual state trademark office.
National Index of Trademark Offices:	http://www.sos.state.md.us/Registrations/Trademarks/NtlIndexTM.htm
Alabama:	http://www.sos.alabama.gov/BusinessServices/Trademarks.aspx
Alaska:	http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/occ/tmark.htm
Arizona:	http://www.azsos.gov/business_services/tnt/
Arkansas:	http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/corp_ucc_trademark.html
California:	http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/ts/ts.htm
Colorado:	http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/business/update04-25-07.htm
Connecticut:	http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3177&q=392124&SOTSNav_GID=1844#trade
Delaware:	Trademark information not currently available online. Call 302-739-3073 for information about filing trademark registrations. Here’s a link to the state law: http://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c033/index.shtml
District of Columbia:	Use of a mark solely within the District of Columbia qualifies for federal registration. There is no D.C. trademark law. The District's trade name registry can be found at: http://brc.dc.gov/planning/requirements/tradename.asp
Florida:	http://form.sunbiz.org/cor_t.html
Georgia:	http://sos.georgia.gov/corporations/trademarks.htm
Hawaii:	http://hawaii.gov/dcca/areas/breg/registration/trade/
Idaho:	http://www.idsos.state.id.us/tmarks/tmindex.htm
Illinois:	http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/business_services/publications_and_forms/trademrk.html
Indiana:	http://www.in.gov/sos/business/trademarks.html
Iowa:	http://www.sos.state.ia.us/business/handbookintro.html#104 Application for Registration of Mark (PDF 53kb): http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/Buspdfs/static/635_0107.PDF
Kansas:	http://www.kssos.org/resources/resources_faq_trademark.html
Kentucky:	http://sos.ky.gov/business/trademarks/
Louisiana:	http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/500/Default.aspx Application for Registration of Mark (PDF 42kb): http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/Portals/0/309TradeNameTradeMarkandServiceMarkRegistration.pdf
Maine:	http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/corp/trademarks.html
Maryland:	http://www.sos.state.md.us/Registrations/Insignia.htm
Massachusetts:	http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/corpweb/cortmsm/tmsmfrm.htm
Michigan:	http://www.michigan.gov/dleg/0,1607,7-154-35299_35413_35431---,00.html
Minnesota:	http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=18&dc_id=101
Mississippi:	http://msucares.com/business_assistance/homebusiness/q5.html
Missouri:	http://www.sos.mo.gov/business/trademark.asp
Montana:	http://sos.mt.gov/BSB/Business_Forms.asp#tm
Nebraska:	http://www.sos.ne.gov/business/corp_serv/corp_form.html
Nevada:	http://sos.state.nv.us/business/trademarks/faq.asp
New Hampshire:	http://www.sos.nh.gov/corporate/trademarkleader.htm
New Jersey:	http://www.state.nj.us/njbusiness/small/operations/trademark.shtml
New Mexico:	http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-Trademarks.html
New York:	http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/tradmark.htm
North Carolina:	http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/trademrk/
North Dakota:	http://www.nd.gov/sos/businessserv/registrations/trademark.html
Ohio:	http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/publications/busiServPubs/tmsm.aspx
Oklahoma:	https://www.sooneraccess.state.ok.us/home/home-tm.asp
Oregon:	http://www.filinginoregon.com/forms/business.htm Oregon Trade and Service Mark law: http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/647.html
Pennsylvania:	http://www.dos.state.pa.us/corps/cwp/view.asp?a=1093&q=431231
Rhode Island:	http://www.sec.state.ri.us/corps/trademark/trademark.html
South Carolina:	http://www.scsos.com/Library_of_Forms_and_Fees#Trademarks
South Dakota:	http://www.sdsos.gov/busineservices/trademark.shtm
Tennessee:	http://tennessee.gov/sos/bus_svc/trademarks.htm
Texas:	http://www.texasonline.com/portal/tol/en/bus/1/4
Utah:	http://corporations.utah.gov/business/tm.html
Vermont:	http://www.sec.state.vt.us/corps/tmkhome.htm
Virginia:	http://www.scc.virginia.gov/srf/bus/tmsm.aspx
Washington:	http://www.secstate.wa.gov/corps/faq.aspx Application for Registration (PDF 22kb): http://www.secstate.wa.gov/corps/forms/tm.pdf
West Virginia:	http://www.wvsos.org/business/trademark/main.htm
Wisconsin:	http://www.sos.state.wi.us/trademark.htm
Wyoming:	http://soswy.state.wy.us/Forms/FormsFiling.aspx?startwith=Business Wyoming Trademark and Service Mark Law: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/statutes.aspx?file=titles/Title40/T40CH1.htm
Puerto Rico:	http://www.estado.gobierno.pr/marcas.htm (in Spanish)

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