Method and apparatus for organizing, accessing and displaying data relating to trademark rights
OwnerDonald Alois Degnan, Scott Havlickinventors
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Abstract
An interactive user interface for presenting information associated with assessing, monitoring and maintaining the scope of rights in a trademark. Information relevant to defining the scope of rights in a trademark is visually depicted in an interactive user interface in a manner making it easy to visualize the scope of rights in a trademark and to identify factually analogues circumstances that bear on the scope of rights enjoyed by a trademark. Over time additional third party uses, enforcement actions, licenses, acquisitions and registrations can be added to the interface without disturbing the integrity of the interface.
Claims20
A method for managing a trademark portfolio, the method comprising:
- maintaining a database including a plurality of mark records, each of the records comprising a plurality of entries;
- providing a user interface for selecting at least one of the plurality of mark records;
- displaying the plurality of entries for the selected mark;
- and
- providing a link to further information for at least one of the plurality of entries.
A system for managing a trademark portfolio, the system comprising:
- a database including a plurality of mark records, each of the records comprising a plurality of entries;
- a user interface operable to select a first mark record;
- and
- a display device operable to display the plurality of entries for the selected first mark record,
- wherein the interface is operable to provide a link to further information for at least one of the plurality of entries.
A system for analyzing trademark rights, the system comprising:
- a database comprising a plurality of marks, each of the marks further comprising a mark description and a goods and/or services description;
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- an interactive graphical user interface adapted to select a first mark and graphically display the mark in comparison to a second mark selected from the database, wherein the interface:
- identifies the mark description and the goods and/or services description associated with the mark;
- generates a graph having a first axis and a second axis, wherein an origin of the graph comprises an intersection of the first and second axes, the first axis having one or more descriptions of goods and/or services and the second axis having one or more mark descriptions, wherein the origin comprises the goods and/or services description and the mark description associated with the trademark;
- populates the graph with at least one data point, the act of populating comprising:
- locating a mark description and a goods and/or services description associated with a mark from the trademark search on the first and second axes;
- and
- plotting a data point on the graph using the goods and/or services description and the mark description associated with the mark from the trademark search.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.