USPTO seeks innovative trademark database tools in National Day of Civic Hacking

The USPTO is participating the “National Day of Civic Hacking” on June 1st, 2013. According the site, the USPTO seeks useful and innovative tools for using its trademark data:

Challenge Description

Help the USPTO develop a tool for identifying and analyzing trademark portfolios on the federal registry and/or the federally registered trademarks used on specific products, in designated industries, or in geographical areas.

For more details, see http://www.hackforchange.org/challenge/uspto-innovation-challenge as well as this blog post from the Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the USPTO Teresa Stanek Rea: Hack for Change

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