I am interested in assistance in  researching the use of a tradename.
I want to buy a trade mark, but want to do as much research on my own
as possible before the legalities and costs of a lawyer.
Therefore, if I search on Google, don't find any use of the tradename
anywhere, in other languages or english - is there a search service
you can offer me that once completed with a positive result, I could
go direct to a TM office and apply for the name use? thanks.
I have now read through the program and my question can be more specific:
can you please help me see if the tradenames are clear for TM use:
angels of the andes  or andean angels. Thanks

You are wise to want to do some preliminary searching before you spend
money on an intellectual-property attorney.  Thanks to the Internet,
conducting a trademark search is not difficult.

To search for trademark registration within the United States, you use
the Trademark Electronic Search Service operated by the United States
Patent and Trademark Office located at
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=fb0mf1.1.1

General information on trademark searching can be found here: "Is a
trademark search necessary?"  United States Patent and Trademark
Office http://www.uspto.gov/main/faq/t125056.htm

Information about the limitations of the trademark search is found
here: "Warning" United States Patent and Trademark Office
http://tess2.uspto.gov/webaka/html/warning.htm#SEARCHING.  This will
give you some idea of common grounds for trademark application
rejection.

Information about how to use the Trademark Electronic Search Service
is found here: "Trademark Electronic Search System Help" United States
Patent and Trademark Office
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=help&state=fb0mf1.1.1#Intro

General information about trademarks, including how to apply for them,
is found here: "Trademarks" United States Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/main/faq/faq000a.htm#t

Using the Trademark Electronic Search Service, I did not find "Angels
of the Andes" or a combination of "Angels" and "Andes" or "Andean
Angels" in any trademark.  I found 41 records containing "Andean" or a
variation, 89 records containing "Andes" or a variation, and 2929
records containing "Angels" or a variation.  So, subject to the
caveats contained in the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Warning cited above and the Google Answers Terms of Service and
Disclaimer, it would appear that trademarks could be obtained for both
of your terms.

Sincerely,

Wonko