Service
Protect the name people will remember you by
A patent protects how something works. A trademark protects how customers identify you. Startups often need the second one first.
- Who it is for
- Founders naming a product or company
- You provide
- The mark, in the exact form you intend to use it
- You receive
- An availability search across relevant classes
Who this is for
- Founders naming a product or company
- Businesses that have been trading under an unregistered name
- Researchers commercialising under a new brand
What you provide
- The mark, in the exact form you intend to use it
- The goods or services it will be used for
- Evidence of use, if you have already been trading
What you receive
- An availability search across relevant classes
- A view on conflicting marks and how close they are
- Class and specification recommendations
- Application preparation and filing coordination
- Support responding to examination objections
Process
How this work runs
Each step has an output you can read. If a step changes the answer to "stop here", we tell you at that step rather than at the end.
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01
Search
Check the register and market for conflicting marks.
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02
Classify
Select classes and draft the specification of goods and services.
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03
File
Prepare and coordinate the application.
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04
Respond
Handle examination objections and oppositions with qualified professionals.
Availability searching reduces risk but does not guarantee registration or freedom from opposition. Rights are territorial and depend on use and registration in each country.
Often taken next
- Industrial design — Register the appearance of a product: shape, configuration, pattern, or ornamentation.
- Copyright — Registration support for software, literary, artistic, and educational works.
- Questions people ask before starting
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