Trademarks, Copyright and Patent what a knifemaker needs to know

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With the discussion on the topic here is what the American knife and tool Institute has to say about it. A good article that clears up the topic

https://www.akti.org/brand-protection/intellectual-property-101/

Here you can search trademarks at the US Trademark and Patent office.

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=4810:hjl9hq.1.1

For example I searched "Gil Hibben" and there were 2 hits.

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showf...h&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+Query