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Free Trademark Searches
You may remember the hullabaloo in 2005 when Quark unveiled a new logo. And the hubbub in 2006 when Quark withdrew the 2005 logo after claims of copyright infringement and introduced another new mark.
While it may be true that any publicity is good publicity, I doubt Quark was happy about its logo-induced notoriety. It certainly tried to do the right thing, hiring a big-name design firm to create the 2005 logo and using two trademark search companies to look for possible conflicts. And yet almost-identical logos surfaced within days of the 2005 public release.
If a deep-pockets company like Quark encounters those kinds of problems, what hope is there for the rest of us?
Trademarkia believes that it is the answer, at least in the United States. Trademarkia claims to be the "largest, most accurate, and most complete free search engine for U.S. federally registered trademarks... …[with] contextual information about the current use of interesting business names, slogans, and logos through pictures, commercials, and conversations from Flickr, Google, Youtube, and Twitter for each U.S. trademark filed in with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) since the year 1870."
Did you see that word "free"? While you might not want to put all your faith in Trademarkia, you won't lose anything by giving it a try. If you do, please let me know -- I might interview you for a future article.
For more about the company, see its press release.
Terri Stone - Editor in Chief
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Free For All: An Awesome Assortment
Turn your handwriting into a font, get photos, add a store to a Web site, keep track of keyboard shortcuts, and add cartoon bubbles to Photoshop files. And as always, the goodies Pariah Burke brings you are all for free!
Related Reading: Swim, my friend, in the delightful pool of past freebie collections.
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Composite Unique Landscapes in Photoshop
Dan Moughamian teaches you how to create a surreal landscape scene by blending or merging multiple stock photos in Adobe Photoshop CS4.
Soon you'll be able to artfully blend three images as different as these:
Related Reading: More merging instruction.
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Scanning Around With Gene: Rest in Peace
For this week's post, Gene Gable gathers ads for monument companies in The National Geographic from 1937 to 1966.
Back in the day, celebrity endorsements like this one from 1966 featuring Normal Rockwell were common.
Related Reading: Gene also wrote about his sister's missal, which was just a few years older than the ad above.
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TypeTalk: Times Roman vs Times New Roman
Ilene Strizver examines what's old, what's new, and what's what when you're talking about typefaces called "Times".
Like Ilene, you may have at least two versions of Times in your font menu.
Related Reading: Got a couple days to spare? Browse our type-related content.
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iPhone Apps for Photographers
Lots of iPhone apps center on the photos you take with your iPhone. But did you know that many others are useful when you shoot with a separate camera? Jennifer Wills tells you about the apps that will make the iPhone your best photo assistant ever.
Photo Buddy is a good all-around assistant:
Related Reading: This case study shows how Ben Long used the iPhone in a professional photo shoot. But just how he used it may surprise you!
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TypeStyler for Mac OS X Finally Ships
20 Tips For a Faster Photoshop Workflow
New Nikon D3S SLR Is Low-Light Champ
19 Top Combos of the 19 Top Typefaces
New podcast: Recover photos, send faxes for free, and ID fonts in photos
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