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Check a brand name in the United States. Research the risks. Keep watch.

One check across the trade marks and company names searched in the United States, 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: Colorado, Oregon. Searched in the register's published data: the federal register, Florida, Alaska. New filings watched only: Ohio, Wyoming.
    FloridaAlaskaOhioWyomingColoradoOregon
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    Company names
    Searched live: New York, Colorado, Oregon, Texas, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, larger companies in any state. Searched in the register's published data: Florida, Florida trading names, Connecticut, Iowa, Alaska. Searched in published official data: publicly filed companies in any state. Not yet: Delaware, California and the other states. New filings watched only: Wyoming, Rhode Island, Louisiana, Ohio, Delaware trade names.
    New YorkColoradoOregonTexasPennsylvaniaDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaConnecticutIowaAlaskaWyomingRhode IslandLouisianaOhioDelaware trade names
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    Domains
    Searched live.
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    Apple App Store
    Searched live.

State by state

How to launch the name in the United States

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 a US stateSet by the stateThe US Small Business Administration's guide to registering in a state
  3. File a US trade markUS$350 per class with wording from the USPTO's ID Manual; your own wording adds US$200 per class and an incomplete application US$100 per class. A declaration of use (US$325 per class) is due between years 5 and 6, and renewal at 10 years is US$650 per class.File with the USPTOSearch US trade marks

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. US federal marks are judged on their goods and services, or on their classes where the list is long; state 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 United States enough if I trade elsewhere too?

No. Trade marks and company names are territorial: a registration in the United States 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 United States?

Not by itself. The check searches the trade mark register that covers the United States, and the launch plan shows how to file there and what it costs.

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.

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The free check without an account covers the United Kingdom. Sign in free to check names in the United States: 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.