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Trademark search: insight into the opportunities for your trademark
Trademarks are an important and valuable commodity for any business, but to safeguard that commodity and encourage its optimal use, it is wise to conduct a trademark search on any brand names that you are planning to use.
A search is always tailor-made
Not every organisation is the same. Not all businesses operate in the same country or focus on the same growth areas. Whatever your ambitions and wherever those ambitions lie, Novagraaf will enable you to conduct a trademark search in nearly every jurisdiction or combination of countries that is relevant to you. With EurosearchPlus, Novagraaf offers several options for performing searches. Searches are always tailor-made and can be conducted into trademarks, domain names (gTLDs and ccTLDs), designs and trade names.
Different types of trademark searches
| Premium: | With our premium trademark search you will obtain maximum insight into the availability of your chosen trademark or trademarks. Not only will we search against the exact trade name that you have chosen, but we’ll also look to ensure that no similar trademarks have already been registered, which may also block potential registration or use. To do this, we use the expertise of our local specialists in each country. They not only take account of local legislation and jurisprudence, but also of any unintended or undesirable connotations that a name can evoke in a particular culture. In addition, potential obstacles to use will be checked on the internet. |
| Basic: | Our basic trademark search covers similar trademarks in the countries you desire. The advice of a Novagraaf IP consultant is included in our basic trademark search. Our IP consultants make use of all local databases and can provide well-founded advice about the use and registration of your trademark or trademarks based on their experience as European trademark attorneys. |
| Identical: | With an identical trademark search you will gain insight into all trademarks that have been registered with the same name as your search. A Novagraaf IP consultant supports these findings with advice as to use and registrability. |
| Usability: | The registration of a trademark alone is often not enough. In order to be valid, the trademark must also be used. If it isn’t, then another company can apply to register that same name, contesting the earlier company’s registration. With an in-use search (‘use verification’) Novagraaf provides insight into whether a trademark is being used, taking all legal requirements into account. If the trademark is not used, this increases your chances of registering your chosen name. |
Would you like to know more about trademark searching?
With a Novagraaf trademark search you will quickly obtain clear insight into the opportunities for your chosen brand names. It doesn’t matter whether you want to perform the search in one country or several countries. Novagraaf’s specialists will be happy to talk you through the possibilities and costs of our trademark searches. If you would like to know more about these searches or the registration of your trademark, please contact us using the contact form at the top right of this page.
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