Check Your Trademark Availability

Check Trademark Availability

A trademark search helps you understand whether your brand name, logo, slogan, or product name is already close to an existing trademark. Before filing, it is important to review similar marks, application status, trademark class, proprietor details, and possible objection risk.

Kanakkupillai helps businesses check trademark availability, compare similar records, and prepare a more confident filing strategy. Enter your proposed brand name above to view matching published records and their available analysis.

Why Trademark Search Matters

A trademark protects the identity of your brand. If your proposed mark is too similar to an existing trademark, the application can face objections, opposition, delay, or rebranding cost.

1. Avoid Similar Brand Conflicts

Searching first helps you identify names that look, sound, or mean something similar to your proposed mark. Even small spelling changes can create risk when the goods or services are closely related.

2. Choose the Right Trademark Class

Trademark protection is class-based. A payment brand, software product, marketplace, and consulting service may fall under different classes, so class selection should match your business activity.

• Class 9 for software and downloadable applications
• Class 35 for advertising, marketplace, and business services
• Class 36 for finance, payment, wallet, and insurance services
• Class 42 for SaaS, technology, and software development services

Choosing the right class helps the application match your actual business activity and reduces avoidable objections during examination.

3. Reduce Filing Delays

A prior search can help you avoid marks that are likely to receive objections from the registry or opposition from an existing proprietor.

How to Use This Trademark Search

Step 1: Enter Your Brand Name

Type the trademark name you want to check and submit the search.

Step 2: Review Similar Records

The result page shows matching trademark records with class, application number, filing date, proprietor, status, and any available analysis.

Step 3: Check Available Analysis

Click any record in the list to view its available analysis and suggested alternative names on the right side.

Tips Before Filing a Trademark

1. Prefer Distinctive Names

Invented or unique names are generally easier to protect than descriptive or commonly used terms.

2. Check Similar Spellings

Look for visual, phonetic, and conceptual similarity, not just exact matches.

3. Get Expert Review

A professional review can help validate class selection, filing risk, and the best way to present your application.