In 2006, the United States Patent and Trademark Office received 354,775 trademark applications, a 9.7% increase over the previous year. To keep pace and reduce backlogs, the agency hired a record 87 new trademark examining attorneys, bringing the total to 413 -- the most in agency history. Click Here for More
Since 1998, the USPTO has seen a steady increase in the number of trademark applications filed electronically. In 2006, a record high 94 percent of all trademark applications were filed electronically, compared with 88 percent last year. The company has developed an internet-based logo design product aimed at small businesses.
The benefit of Logostick is that you control the design of your logo, which is available to you immediately, ready for use as a sign, stationery, a business card, and in a format that makes it easy to register.
Logostick is a boon to the growing number of business owners who realize the importance of an identifiable symbol for their companies. Today there are more than 1,600,000 registered trademarks, double the number of a decade ago.
Another interesting fact is that according to census figures half of all businesses are home-based, and three-quarters of all businesses have no employees. Indeed, a third of non-employers started or acquired their businesses with no capital at all. For years these businesses had no option but to go to the expense and delay of hiring outsiders to design their logos. For many, it was not a pleasant experience, and took days of productive time, as well as money they didn't have. It's estimated that at least 4 million businesses still do not have logos. LogoStick offers a custom logo in minutes for under a hundred dollars.
Business owners instinctively know that customers have more confidence in a firm with a logo. If you receive two identical proposals - one on a rubber-stamped form and the other with a crisp, custom logo, invariably a potential customer sends their business to the company with the more professional looking contract document.
To test drive LogoStick and to store up to ten designs for free, go to www.logostick.com.