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What is checked
- ✓Company namesSearched live: company names registered in New York. Nationwide filers are searched too.
- ◐Trade marksNew York state trade marks are not searched. The federal trade mark register is searched too.
- ✓DomainsThe .us ending and the worldwide endings (.com, .app, .ai, .net, .org), searched live.
- ◐Apple App Store and handlesThe Apple App Store storefront for the market, searched live. Handles: GitHub and Bluesky checked; X, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, Facebook and LinkedIn to check by hand.
How to launch the name in New York
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.
- Register the domainsPrice set by the registrar, renewed yearly
- Form your company in New YorkUS$200 to file the LLC's formation document. Within 120 days you must publish a formation notice in two newspapers for six weeks (the newspapers charge, and costs vary widely by county) and file a $50 Certificate of Publication. $9 biennial statement every two years.File online with New YorkSearch New York business namesNew York filing fees
- 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 New York enough if I trade elsewhere too?
No. Trade marks and company names are territorial: a registration in New York protects you there. Tick every market you trade in, or plan to, and the check runs all of them at once.
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 New York: the market is ticked for your first check.
Sign in free to check a name in New YorkAI suggestions are a starting point, not legal advice. Official fees are estimates from published fee tables: confirm before paying.