A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, design, or combination that identifies the source of goods or services and distinguishes them from those offered by others.

A trademark is different from a state business-name filing or DBA registration. Trademark rights concern the use of a name, logo, phrase, design, or other source identifier for particular goods or services. State approval of an LLC name or DBA does not itself create federal trademark registration or guarantee that the name is free of trademark conflicts.

Swyft Filings offers business-license research and seller's permit assistance. Its seller's permit service is designed to prepare and submit the appropriate state registration for businesses that need authority to collect sales tax. For trademark registration, this knowledge base follows the current internal service direction provided for this project: Swyft Filings does not provide the registration service and customers can use Trademark Engine as a separate provider.