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Check a brand name in the European Union. Research the risks. Keep watch.

One check across the trade marks and company names searched in the European Union, the domain endings there and worldwide, the Apple App Store and GitHub and Bluesky handles. Then a launch plan with estimated official fees, and a watch that re-checks the name daily and emails you when it finds new similar trade marks, companies, apps or domains.

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What is checked

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    Trade marks
    Searched live: the EU trade mark register, France, Spain, Poland. Searched in the register's published data: Latvia, Sweden, Ukraine (not an EU member), Norway (not an EU member). New filings watched only: Romania. Not every member state's own trade mark register is searched yet, and where one is not, an earlier national mark there can still oppose your application.
    FranceSpainPolandLatviaSwedenUkraine (not an EU member)Norway (not an EU member)Romania
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    Company names
    Searched live: Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, larger companies in 7 more member states, Norway (not an EU member), Slovakia. Searched in the register's published data: Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine (not an EU member). Not yet: Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal.
    BelgiumCroatiaCyprusCzechiaDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGermanyIrelandItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgNorway (not an EU member)PolandRomaniaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenUkraine (not an EU member)AustriaBulgariaGreeceHungaryMaltaNetherlandsPortugal
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    Domains
    Searched live.
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    Apple App Store
    Searched live.

Country by country

How to launch the name in the European Union

The launch plan from a check, in order, with estimated official fees. Domains and handles come first. Once filed, a trade mark application becomes public under the office's own process, and domain squatters watch new filings.

  1. Register the domainsPrice set by the registrar, renewed yearly
  2. Form your company in an EU countrySet by each countryStarting a business in the EU (Your Europe)Business registers in EU countries (European e-Justice Portal)
  3. File an EU trade mark€850 for the first class, €50 for the second and €150 for each class after. One filing covers all EU countries.File with EUIPOSearch EU and national registers (TMview)

What a check gives you

Ten names in one check, ranked by risk

Compare up to ten candidate names side by side, each scored against everything checked for the markets you tick.

Trade marks, company registers, domains, the Apple App Store and GitHub and Bluesky handles

One search covers the registers searched for the market, the domain endings that matter there and worldwide, the Apple App Store and GitHub and Bluesky handles (other platforms are linked to check by hand).

AI classes and wording

Suggested trade mark classes and goods and services wording for the business you describe, checked against the wording the offices accept where that check exists. AI suggestions are a starting point, not legal advice.

A launch plan with estimated official fees

What to do, in what order, and what the official fees are, with links to the offices. Always estimated: confirm before paying.

The objection radar

The objection radar estimates how likely the owners of similar earlier marks are to oppose your application, and suggests narrower wording to review before you file. EU trade marks are judged on their goods and services; national marks on their classes only. An AI assessment, not legal advice.

Watching and alerts

Watch your name. Daily re-checks, with an email on new similar trade marks, companies, apps or domains.

Questions

Who is RM365 for?

RM365 is for anyone choosing a brand name or keeping one: startups and entrepreneurs, growing brands, established brands, and advisers and agencies.

Is a check in the European Union enough if I trade elsewhere too?

No. Trade marks and company names are territorial: a registration in the European Union protects you there. Tick every market you trade in, or plan to, and the check runs all of them at once.

Does a trade mark registered somewhere else protect my name in the European Union?

Not by itself. For the European Union the check searches the trade marks RM365 covers, and that is not all of them yet. Check what is not covered on the office's own register before you rely on the name there. Where a member state's own register is not searched, an earlier national mark there can still oppose your application.

How current are the results?

Registers searched live are as current as the register itself at the moment of the check. Published register data is updated on a schedule, so the newest entries can be missing until the next update.

Is this legal advice?

RM365 is not legal advice. It shows what the registers and the web hold on the day you check, estimates the risk of an objection and suggests wording to review; a trade mark attorney advises you on your own case. For a filing you care about, or any dispute, use one.

Check a name now

The free check without an account covers the United Kingdom. Sign in free to check names in the European Union: the market is ticked for your first check.

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AI suggestions are a starting point, not legal advice. Official fees are estimates from published fee tables: confirm before paying.