screen-trademark

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.

1. Record mark precisely:
   • Word: text as appears (case for figurative)
   • Figurative: visual elements, colors, stylization
   • Composite: both
2. Describe goods/services plain
3. 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)
4. 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.

1. Identical first:
   • TMview (https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/): EU + national
   • WIPO Global Brand DB (https://branddb.wipo.int/): intl regs
   • USPTO TESS / Trademark Center (https://tsdr.uspto.gov/): US