Exercises
Now you try it...
Use the ONTAP (ONline Training And Practice) databases indicated to practice your searches.
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Exercise 4
To practice what you learned in Lesson 4, try the following exercises:
When you have finished all of the questions, click the "Check Yourself" icon to view correct answers.
1. Write search strategies to answer the following questions:
- Check the TRADEMARKSCAN-U.S. Federal database for marks currently
or previously owned by the Campbell Soup Company. You want to look
at trademark text from the first five records of this database.
- Conduct a screening search in the European Trademark databases
for the mark KOOL CAT for cat food. Narrow by International Class
if necessary. TYPE at least one mark from each database.
[Hint: Try variant spellings. Try the IC= code 31 for Natural Agricultural Products.]
- Do a screening search in TRADEMARKSCAN-U.S. Federal on the
mark VISION for X-ray equipment. Narrow by international class code
and goods/services. TYPE out all records in SHORT format.
[Hint The IC code for electrical and scientific apparatus is 9; the IC code for medical apparatus is 10]
2. Complete the following search using the ONTAP database for TRADEMARKSCAN-U.S. Federal (File 296).
- Are there any trademarks for conservation of natural resources or
recycling?
[Hint: Use the Goods and Services (GS=) field.]
Check yourself
Click the Check Yourself button to see the answers.
Once you have finished the exercises and checked your answers, go
on to the Summary.
