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    <p><font face="Calibri">Hey all,</font></p>
    <p><font face="Calibri">I'm looking to see if I can use the term
        "soapbox derby" for some upcoming events, and am a little
        confused by my search results.</font></p>
    <p><font face="Calibri">Using the US Patent and Trademark Office
        website, I find no results for that exact phrase:</font></p>
    <ul>
      <li><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=4807:ntmvtq.1.1"><font
            face="Calibri">http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=4807:ntmvtq.1.1</font></a></li>
    </ul>
    <p><font face="Calibri">But on another USPTO page, I do find a hit:</font></p>
    <ul>
      <li><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><a
href="https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87034942&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch">https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87034942&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch</a></font></font></li>
    </ul>
    <p><font face="Calibri">And, using other websites, I find all kinds
        of hits and misses:<br>
      </font></p>
    <ul>
      <li><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.trademarkengine.com/free-trademark-search/trademark-search"><font
            face="Calibri">https://www.trademarkengine.com/free-trademark-search/trademark-search</font></a></li>
      <li><font face="Calibri"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://app.trademarknow.com/free-trademark-search?q=registry%3A%60us%60%20registry%3A%60eu%60%20mark%3A%60soapbox%20derby%60">https://app.trademarknow.com/free-trademark-search?q=registry%3A%60us%60%20registry%3A%60eu%60%20mark%3A%60soapbox%20derby%60</a></font></li>
      <li><a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="https://www.corpnet.com/trademarks/free-search/"><font
            face="Calibri">https://www.corpnet.com/trademarks/free-search/</font></a></li>
    </ul>
    <p><font face="Calibri">What's the best way to make sure, and what's
        your experience with searching and filing trademarks?</font></p>
    <p><font face="Calibri">Thanks,</font></p>
    <p><font face="Calibri">Mik<br>
      </font></p>
    <p><font face="Calibri"></font><br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Mik Muller, president
Montague WebWorks
413-320-5336
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://MontagueWebWorks.com">http://MontagueWebWorks.com</a>
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