Availability search for your trade mark, domain name and design

 

If you conduct a search into the availability of trade marks, domain names and designs before using or filing an application, you can avoid unpleasant surprises. A search is an essential element of the strategy to protect your new trade marks, domain names and designs.

 

 

Trade mark search

 

The launching of a new product or service is a significant and often stressful time for a company. The last thing you want is to find that someone else already owns the same trade mark you have chosen.

 

A trade mark search can consist of:

 

  • a complete opinion about the registration options and availability of your trade mark
  • an additional search into the availability of your logo
  • a search of company names appearing on the Companies House Register or overseas local commercial registers
  • in some countries, where rights in a trade mark can be obtained simply by using a mark, it is also possible to do preliminary checks to see if your trade mark is being used already.

 

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The search results then enable you to make the right choice about the registration and use of a trade mark

 

We can conduct trade mark searches in most countries of the world using our unique network of associates, and the results will include an opinion from a local expert in each country.

 

Domain name search

 

The availability of domain names plays an important role in the development of a new trade mark. Very often organisations are forced to choose an alternative trade mark because the associated domain name is no longer available. A domain name search will help you anticipate and eliminate this problem.

 

We can conduct a domain name search for you in combination with a trade mark search. We can also register all possible extensions including gTLDs and ccTLDs quickly and efficiently.

 

Design search

 

One of the conditions for the registration of a design is novelty. This means that the design must be new. You can be certain of this if a design availability search is conducted for you before your design application is filed.

 

A design search can be conducted in the United Kingdom, International and European Union registers. Other foreign design registers can be searched through our network of foreign associates.

 

More information

 

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