Let’s say you’re a marketer in Idaho and you’ve hit upon the name “Red Bloomers” for your product. You could avoid a lot of embarrassment and trouble if you checked out today’s State Agency Database Highlight before taking your product to market:

Trademark Search – The Idaho Secretary of State Trademark Search database is searchable by by wordmark or keywords, business or last name, first name, filing number, and trademark status. It contains only trademarks and service marks registered with the State of Idaho; it does not contain information on federal, foreign or common law trademarks, nor trademarks registered with other states.

This database would tell you that Red Bloomers, along with Red Potato Blossoms, are registered trademarks in Idaho. It would also tell you the owners name, trademark expiration date and show you an image of the trademark.

The Idaho page of State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States is maintained by Christine Gray.