Is the word "Meritage" attached to any trademarked product;are there
any French products with the name "meritage"?

Hello Bettymcm-ga,


Thank you for your question.

There are 23 records for the word “Meritage” at the United States
Patent and Trademark Office Website. Of the 23 trademark results, 16
are live and 7 are dead.

To obtain those results, I entered a search for the word “Meritage”
using the Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) at the United
States Patent and Trademark Office Website
http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/tm.html

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  Serial Number  Reg. Number   Word Mark                     Live/Dead

1  76084065                    MERITAGE TECHNOLOGIES         LIVE 
2  76149026                    MERITAGE PRESS                LIVE 
3  76174545                    MERITAGE BANK                 LIVE 
4  76174531                    MERITAGE FINANCIAL SERVICES   LIVE 
5  76174530                    MERITAGE CREDIT SERVICES      LIVE 
6  76132219                    MERITAGE                      DEAD 
7  76079626                    MERITAGE.COM                  DEAD 
8  76069930      2463944       MERI-QWIK                     LIVE 
9  76069929      2463943       MERI-SCORE                    LIVE 
10 76005535      2484756       MERITAGE                      LIVE 
11 75933318                    MERITAGE                      LIVE 
12 75566233      2601469       MERITAGE                      LIVE 
13 75818026                    MERITAGE                      LIVE 
14 75139881      2204296       MERITAGE                      LIVE 
15 75506332                    MERITAGE                      LIVE 
16 75745427                    MERITAGEWINE.COM              DEAD 
17 75506889                    MERITAGE                      DEAD 
18 75036560      2031988       MERITAGE MORTGAGE             LIVE 
19 74684236      2018825       MERITAGE                      LIVE 
20 74515375                    MERITAGE HOSPITALITY GROUP    DEAD 
21 74515374                    MERITAGE PROPERTIES INC. M    DEAD 
22 74220964      1753058       MERITAGE                      LIVE 
23 73789897      1572301       MERITAGE                      DEAD
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To do a search on your own:

1. Start here:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/search.html

2. Under USPTO Search Collections, choose “trademarks”. (Left-hand
side of webpage)

3. Now choose “New User Form Search (Basic)”

3. Enter your word (meritage) and submit query.

4. Just click on the name and you will be able to obtain complete
details of that record.

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There are 3 records for the word “Meritage” at the “Institut National
de la Propriété Industrielle” of France. To see details of each record
you must be a paid registered user.

1.  MERITAGE            Marque française 
2.  MERITAGE            Marque communautaire
3.  LANGTRY MERITAGE    Marque communautaire

Search tool at the Institut national de la propriété industrielle of
France
http://www.icimarques.com/

To do a search on your own:

1. Start here:
http://www.icimarques.com/

2. Press “Marque”

3. Enter the word “Meritage” in the space where it says “Saisissez les
mots essentials.”

4. There is a tick in the box “Toutes les classes” but you may search
by individual class number as well. Press “liste des classes” to see
list.

5. Press “Lancer el recherché” to start search and see records.
(without details)

6. Press “Voir les marques”. A new window will open and if you’re a
registered user, enter your name and password to see details of each
mark. If not, you may pay to view the details by pressing “par carte
bancaire.”

7. Choose the marks you wish to see details of and then press
“Commander.”

8. You will see prices of your selection. Fill out the form and press
“valider” to confirm e-mail.
 
Institut national de la propriété industrielle of France Homepage
http://www.inpi.fr/

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Additional information that may interest you:

Here you will find an abundance of trademark information from the
United States Patent and Trademark Office Website.
http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/tm.html

U.S.Trademark Manual of Examining Procedures
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/tmep/

Search Criteria:
://www.google.com/search?hl=es&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=search+trademarks&btnG=B%C3%BAsqueda+en+Google&lr=


I hope this provides you with the information you are seeking.

Best regards,
Bobbie7-ga

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 25 Sep 2002 16:07 PDT

There are 2 records at the Canada Intellectual Property Office
Trademark Database, but both of them are abandoned.
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/cgi-bin/sc_consu/trade-marks/search_e.pl

Trademarks: MERITAGE, ABANDONED, 0664591
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/0664/trdp066459100e.html

Trademarks: MERITAGE, ABANDONED - SECTION 38(7)
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/0693/trdp069323700e.html

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Request for Answer Clarification by bettymcm-ga on 26 Sep 2002 07:50 PDT

Do you know what the French words mean? I assume Marque francaise is
French trademark. But I can't figure out the word communautaire.

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 26 Sep 2002 08:21 PDT

Hi Bettymcm-ga,

You’re correct. Marque francaise is French trademark.

Marque communautaire means  European Community trademark.

If you need further assistance please ask and  I'll be happy to help.

Thanks

Bobbie7-ga

Good answer, especially the help with the French trademark search. I
had done a TESS search already and this information confirmed what I
had discovered.