A trademark is any word, name, symbol, or device adopted or used
by a person to identify the goods made or sold by that person
and to distinguish them from goods made or sold by others.
Registration of a trademark provides the registered user with
exclusive use of that trademark and protects against
infringements upon the user’s rights. A trademark may be
registered with: 1) the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office, for
the broadest protection; 2) the Washington Secretary of State’s
Office, for a trademark used exclusively within the state or
region; or 3) both the federal office and the state office. RCW
19.77 sets out Washington’s trademark registration law.
Washington’s law is modeled after the Model State Trademark Bill
(MSTB). Versions of the MSTB form the foundation of state
trademark law in 46 states. Over the years, Washington’s law has
been amended several times in light of MSTB revisions. Click
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