Start your trademark clearance search

Startup founders: Check a shortlist before selecting the final name.

Branding agencies: Screen candidate names before presenting or launching them for clients.

E-commerce sellers: Investigate a product or store name before committing to listings, packaging, and advertising.

Growing businesses: Review a name before entering a new product category or market.

A Zylmark search includes:

• Supported searches across USPTO, EUIPO, WIPO, and additional sources.
• AI-assisted trademark class suggestions.
• Exact, phonetic, and visual name-variation searches.
• Preliminary conflict information.
• A Preliminary Registration Outlook where available for supported USPTO records.
• A Detailed USPTO Report, available separately for $49.99.

1. Enter the proposed name.
2. Describe the goods or services.
3. Review suggested classes.
4. Search supported records and generated variations.
5. Review potential conflicts and status information.
6. Decide whether to investigate further, purchase the Detailed USPTO Report, or consult an attorney.

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The initial search provides a preliminary view of potential conflicts. The Detailed USPTO Report adds a downloadable, more detailed analysis of supported USPTO findings.

Available separately for $49.99. Neither output guarantees registration or replaces a comprehensive attorney-led clearance opinion.

Trademark clearance is more than checking whether an identical name appears in a database. It is a broader review of potentially conflicting trademark rights and how similar names are being used in the marketplace.

A comprehensive clearance process may examine federal, state, and international trademark records, as well as business names, domains, websites, online marketplaces, and other common-law use. The findings should then be considered in relation to the relevant goods or services, markets, and legal risks.

Zylmark helps you begin this process by organizing preliminary searches across supported trademark records and surfacing potential conflicts. It does not search every possible source or provide a legal clearance opinion.

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A pre-filing search can help identify questions early, when changing a name is generally easier than after a major launch. It can also help a user prepare more focused questions for an attorney.

Searching cannot guarantee approval. The relevant trademark office will examine an application under the law and procedures that apply to it.