Check trademark issues....

[A D]

This is the government site to search to see if a term or domain you may be purchasing has any oustanding trademark issues....

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=cpsakj.1.1

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[Anthony Ng]

Or for Canadians:

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/cipo/trademarks/search/tmSearch.do

 

[iIndo]

"WARNING: AFTER SEARCHING THE USPTO DATABASE, EVEN IF YOU THINK THE RESULTS ARE "O.K.," DO NOT ASSUME THAT YOUR MARK CAN BE REGISTERED AT THE USPTO. AFTER YOU FILE AN APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST DO ITS OWN SEARCH AND OTHER REVIEW, AND MIGHT REFUSE TO REGISTER YOUR MARK."

because the database does not contain trademark pending

 

[GiantDomains]

This one's my favorite. Includes Federal, Canadian, Domain Names, and shows pending TM's.

http://www.nameprotect.com/cgi-bin/FREESearch/search.cgi

 

[JayK]

And don't forget the one for the UK

http://www.patent.gov.uk/tm/