CLEARANCE · FULL
Comprehensive Trademark Search
A federal, state and common-law clearance search with a written risk assessment, so you find the conflict before the examiner does.
Starts at
$199 standalone, included in the Professional package
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CLEARANCE · FULL
A free search box tells you whether someone registered your exact name. It does not tell you whether a phonetically similar mark, a translated equivalent, or a design mark with the same commercial impression will stop your application. Those are the refusals that actually happen.
A comprehensive search is the cheapest decision point in the whole process. Running one costs a fraction of a filing fee, and a rebrand before launch costs a fraction of a rebrand after you have printed packaging.
What is included
Federal register
Live and dead marks, pending applications, identical and similar wording, phonetic equivalents, and design marks with a comparable commercial impression.
State registers
State-level registrations that will not appear in a federal search but can still support a claim against you in that state.
Common-law use
Unregistered marks in active commercial use — business directories, domains, marketplace listings and trade sources — since prior use can beat a later registration.
Class and goods analysis
Whether a similar mark actually collides with you depends on relatedness of goods and channels of trade. We assess that, not just name similarity.
Written risk report
A plain-English report grading each conflict as high, moderate or low, with the reasoning, so you can make a business decision rather than read a raw data dump.
Alternatives review
If the name is a problem, send us your shortlist. We will tell you which of your backups look clean before you fall in love with another one.
How it works
- 01
Send us the mark and the goods
The exact name or logo and a description of what you sell. The goods matter as much as the name.
- 02
We run the search
Federal, state and common-law sources, including phonetic and near-miss variants and translated equivalents.
- 03
We grade the conflicts
Each result is assessed for likelihood of confusion, not just similarity, and graded by severity.
- 04
You get the report
Delivered as a written PDF with a clear recommendation: proceed, proceed with amended goods, or change the mark.
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Your application prepared, classified and filed with the USPTO, with the goods and services drafted to survive examination.
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Ongoing surveillance of new filings and marketplace listings, with alerts while the opposition window is still open.
From $99 per yearRESPONSE · 3 MOOffice Action Response
A refusal is not the end of the application. We read what the examiner actually objected to and respond inside the deadline.
From $249 for non-substantive refusalsNext step
Find out whether your name can be registered
Send us the mark and what you sell. Defend Your Trademark runs the preliminary search and comes back with a straight answer — including when the answer is that you should pick a different name.