Official skill · Legal basics
Name clearance first pass
Screens a product or company name across trademark registers, domains, app stores, and handles, rates risk, and lists attorney questions. Use it when you are choosing between candidate names for a product or company.
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When to use it
- You are choosing between candidate names for a product or company
- Before buying a domain, designing a logo, or filing a trademark
What you give it
- Candidate names
- Goods and services the name covers
- Markets you sell in
What you get
A searches-run log, a hits table judged on similarity and related goods, ratings per name, and questions for a trademark attorney.
How it works
- Pin down the goods and services
- Search the trademark registers
- Search for unregistered use
- Compare each hit on 2 questions
- Rate each name
- Note the practical blockers
- Write the questions for counsel
Example
What you give it
Kofi at a 6-person startup is naming a meeting-notes app sold in the US and EU. Candidates: "Notewise", "Quillo". Kofi's search results: USPTO shows a live registration "NOTEWISE" for "note-taking software" (class 9). TMview shows "QUILLO" registered in Spain for "stationery, pens" (class 16). quillo.com is for sale; @quillo on X is taken by an inactive account. No app named Quillo in either store.
What you get back (the start of it)
Name clearance first pass — Notewise, Quillo, 4 November
_Not legal advice. A first-pass screen for a trademark attorney's review, not a clearance opinion._
Use: a mobile and web app that records meetings and writes notes Likely classes: 9, 42 [check: classes with counsel] Markets searched: US, EU
Searches run
| Source | Query | Date | Hits worth a look |
|---|---|---|---|
| USPTO | Notewise, Note Wise, Quillo, Quilo | [check: date Kofi searched] | 1 |
| TMview | same queries | [check: date] | 1 |
| Domains, app stores, X | both names | [check: date] | 2 |
Hits
| Name | Hit | Where | Goods/services | Similar? | Related? | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notewise | NOTEWISE | USPTO, live registration [check: number] | note-taking software | yes: identical | yes: same goods | Direct conflict in the US. |
| Quillo | QUILLO | Spain, via TMview [check: number, status] | stationery, pens | yes: identical | unclear: writing tools vs software | Ask counsel. |
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Changelog
- v1.0.0 · · First release.
Sources
- Likelihood of confusion | USPTO (read 2026-11-04)
- Comprehensive clearance search for similar trademarks | USPTO (read 2026-11-04)
- Availability - EUIPO (read 2026-11-04)
- Trademark Search | Japan Patent Office (read 2026-11-04)
- Global Brand Database | WIPO (read 2026-11-04)