Trademark Search Tutorial - How to do a trademark search for registered trademarks explained at the USPTO, WIPO, OHIM, ... This video is about trademark search. Before launching or rebranding your new product or company it is important not to collide with earlier similar trademarks. OHIM (the Office for Harmonization of the Internal Market, somtimes just called the EU Trademark Office) offers a service called TMView. https://www.tmdn.org/tmview Not only the EU member states but also other countries and offices such as the WIPO, US (USPTO) and Korea are contributing their data to this handy database. You can click on Advanced Search and then enter the name of your new product. You can also limit your search with many other criteria such as the classes for goods and services. One very interesting feature is the possibility to also search for similar trademarks. Lets use an example: we want to lauch a new line of t-shirts under the name of marimba. So we enter marimba in the trademark field. We also want to limit the search to class 25 for clothing. Also, we could add classes 18 for bags, 14 for jewellery and 35 for retail services, since these are sometimes considered similar. And then we check the checkbox called Fuzzy. We cold in theory limit the search to particular offices. After submitting the search we are presented with all the similar trademarks in class 25. Learn more about classes at http://oami.europa.eu/ec2/?lang=en If you are not a lawyer it could make sense to ask a patent or trademark attorney to conduct the search and give you an opinion about the most relevant results. Your patent attorney is liable for what he says and if your are successfully sued by an owner of,an earlier mark, the insurance of your patent attorney may cover for the damage in case he said that he does not expect any issues with this particular trademark. Also, experienced trademark professionals will know the relevant caselaw when two trademarks are considered too similar. You can make me happy by commenting to this video, liking and sharing this video. Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel. Here are links to the resources that I mention: https://www.tmdn.org/tmview http://www.wipo.int/branddb/en/ http://oami.europa.eu/ec2/?lang=en Contact me at <a href="https://www.freischem.eu">https://www.freischem.eu</a> Legalese and Disclaimer You have been watching a video by Rolf Claessen. The views expressed by the participants of this program are their own and do not represent the views of nor are they endorsed by their respective law firms. None of the content should be considered legal advice. This video should not be construed as legal advice or legal opinion on any specific facts or circumstances. The contents of this video are intended for general informational purposes only and you are urged to consult your own patent attorney on any specific legal questions. As always, consult a patent attorney.

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