U.S. trademark search support
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Provide some basic information about your trademark and business. This helps us understand your needs and get started.
Our team conducts a thorough search across multiple databases to ensure your trademark is unique and available.
You'll receive a comprehensive report outlining the search results and any potential conflicts, giving you a clear path forward.
Before spending your time and money filing an application you should do a search to see if your mark is already in use or registered by someone else. A search will help avoid obvious duplications of pre-existing marks. If the USPTO rejects your application, the fees to Trademark Registry HQ and the USPTO are not refundable. If your company is just beginning, it's better to make name changes now rather than invest in building a brand only to learn that you have to change the name and lose all of your goodwill.
Choose a unique name or logo to avoid customer confusion and legal problems. When you get it registered as a trademark, it facilitates legal protection. Think about how it might change in the future and ensure your trademark covers any updates.
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A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, design, or combination that identifies your goods or services. Registering it gives you nationwide notice of your rights and stronger legal tools to stop confusingly similar use by others.
Common law rights can arise when you use a mark in commerce, but they are generally limited to the geographic area where you operate. Federal registration creates a public record of ownership and gives your brand broader, more predictable protection.
Many companies protect both. A name registration can cover the wording customers use to identify the business, while a logo registration can protect the specific visual design. Each application should reflect how the mark is actually used.
A domain name only gives you an internet address; it does not establish broad brand rights. A trademark helps protect the name customers associate with your business across websites, products, advertising, and other channels.
A slogan can function as a trademark when it distinguishes your goods or services rather than merely describing them. If customers recognize the phrase as a source identifier, registering it may be worthwhile.
You will typically need the owner’s legal name and address, a clear representation of the mark, a description of the goods or services, and details about how the mark is being used or when you plan to use it.
Thousands have protected their brand by filing a trademark.
