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R -- TRADEMARK WATCHING AND SEARCHING SOL N02-CO-11006-36 DUE 081000 POC Jeffrey Curry, Contract Specialist, 301-435-3787 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the RFP, http://amb.nci.nih.gov/ncics/rfps_published.asp. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, jc300b@nih.gov. ELECTRONIC RFP ANNOUNCEMENT-POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPY OF THE SOLICITATION AND ANY AMENDMENTS. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Office of Management, Technology Development & Commercialization Branch (TDCB), seeks a Contractor to perform Trademark Watching and Searching services. The TDCB manages the trademark activities for the Public Health Service (PHS). The owner of a mark bears two closely related responsibilities with respect to that mark: (1) searching for senior marks before filing an application and (2) watching for junior marks following registration. The contractor shall watch the PHS trademarks in the United States, and as designated, in countries other than the United States. Specifically, the contractor shall regularly search State, Federal, and foreign registrations, as well as pending State, Federal and foreign applications for identical or nearly identical matches to any of the registered PHS trademarks or TDCB designates. For every mark designated by the TDCB, the contractor shall regularly monitor the Official Gazette of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) for pending applications and other announcements. Upon request, the contractor shall also search for confusingly similar trademarks to a potential PHS mark. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 8111. IT IS THE OFFERORS RESPONSIBILITY TO MONITOR THE ABOVE INTERNET SITE FOR THE RELEASE OF THE SOLICITATION AND ANY AMENDMENTS. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about July 10, 2000. Posted 06/23/00 (W-SN468101). (0175)

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