| name | screen-trademark |
| title | Screen Trademark |
| description | Screen proposed trademark → conflicts + distinctiveness pre-filing. TM DB search (TMview, WIPO, USPTO TESS), Abercrombie spectrum, likelihood-of-confusion (DuPont|EUIPO), common law rights, goods/services overlap. Produces conflict report w/ risk matrix. Use → pre-adopt new brand|logo|slogan — distinct from patent prior art (diff DBs, legal frame, methods). |
| author | pjt222 |
| author_url | https://github.com/pjt222/agent-almanac/tree/main/i18n/caveman-ultra/skills/screen-trademark |
| license | MIT |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| execution_mode | open |
| jurisdiction | cross-jurisdiction |
| practice | ip |
| language | en |
Screen Trademark
Screen proposed mark → conflicts + assess distinctiveness pre-filing. Search registries, eval Abercrombie, analyze confusion w/ priors, produce report w/ risk ratings.
Use When
- Pre-adopt new brand|product|service mark
- Rebrand|expand into new goods/services class
- Pre-file TM application (national|EU|intl)
- Eval acquisition w/ TM portfolios
- Pre-launch product new geo w/ existing brand
- C&D received → assess exposure
In
- Required: Proposed mark (word|figurative|both)
- Required: Goods/services covered (plain desc)
- Required: Geo scope (US|EU|specific|global)
- Optional: Nice classification classes if known
- Optional: First-use date (US common law priority)
- Optional: Known competing marks
- Optional: Word|figurative|composite
Do
Step 1: Define Mark + Goods/Services
Establish exact what + which classes.
- Record mark precisely:
- Word: text as appears (case for figurative)
- Figurative: visual elements, colors, stylization
- Composite: both
- Describe goods/services plain
- Nice classification:
- TMclass (https://tmclass.tmdn.org/)
- Search keyword → correct class + acceptable terms
- Most marks 1-3 classes; ID all relevant
- Adjacent (Class 9 software vs Class 42 SaaS)
- Geo scope:
- US (USPTO), EU (EUIPO), intl (WIPO Madrid), national offices
- US = first-to-use; EU = first-to-file
→ Record of mark, goods/services, Nice classes, jurisdictions. Defines search scope.
If err: Nice ambiguous → err on more classes. Broader screen safer than missing adjacent conflict.
Step 2: Search TM Databases
Identical + similar across registries.
- Identical first:
