Comprehensive federal and state trademark search to protect your brand
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Registering a company name with a Secretary of State only confirms the name is available as an entity name in that one state. It says nothing about whether someone already owns the brand nationally — those are entirely separate systems, and the difference is usually discovered after the signage is printed.
The legal test isn't identical names, it's likelihood of confusion. That covers phonetic equivalents, alternate spellings, translations, and design marks used on related goods or services. A search that checks only for an exact string match misses most of what actually blocks an application.
Our search covers the USPTO federal register including pending applications, state registers, and common-law usage, and reports what exists, how closely it sits to your mark, and which classes of goods and services each conflict occupies.
USPTO filing fees are non-refundable. A refusal over a prior confusingly similar mark costs you the fee and publicly signals your intent to use the name.
No. It won't surface pending applications, state registrations, or marks spelled differently but pronounced the same — the ones that actually cause refusals.
No. Entity registration is one state's naming database. Trademark rights are separate, class-based, and can be national in scope.
The search is a research service that tells you whether filing is viable. Class selection and specimen strategy are worth reviewing with a trademark attorney once you have the report.