Would you like to use an identifier, logo, or name in business transactions? Do you perhaps want to have trademark protection? To avoid problems with third parties and collecting expensive warning notices, we recommend conducting searches before using an identifier to determine if there are already registered trademarks that are identical or similar. Because, you do not have to necessarily use the trademark in an identical manner in order to infringe upon the trademark. Usually, a certain amount of similarity is all that is needed to justify the likelihood of confusion.
A similarity search in the countries in question can determine any potential risk of conflicts in advance and avoid or neutralize them. For this reason, we recommend conducting such a similarity search basically before registering a trademark but also before founding a company with regard to the company name.
What we offer
We will conduct searches for you in the relevant trademark registers and give you a legal estimate of any risks from the trademarks searched. Therefore, you will have the possibility of heading off potential problems and avoiding opposition proceedings or warning notices due to trademark infringements.
Scope of service
- Searches for similar trademarks contained in the registers of the relevant trademark offices
- Searches for similar trademarks contained in the registers of the relevant trademark offices
- Provision of the search results along with all of the relevant register information
- Evaluation and legal estimates of the hits found
- If necessary, recommendations with respect to a planned trademark registration
Costs
We can offer you similarity searches for word marks or word/figurative marks (only the word component) at attractive lump-sum prices.
For example:
Germany
Identical searches only: Austria, Bulgaria, Benelux, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, South Korea, Lithuania, Latvia, Morocco, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Tunisia, Turkey, and the US.
Identical and similarity searches: Germany, the EU (EU trademarks), WIPO (contracting state Germany)
€390.00 plus VAT. (€464.10 incl. VAT) without class limitation
Switzerland
Identical search only: Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Benelux, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, South Korea, Lithuania, Latvia, Morocco, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Tunisia, Turkey, and the US.
Identical and similarity searches: Switzerland, WIPO (contracting state Switzerland)
€390.00 plus VAT. (€464.10 incl. VAT) without class limitation
Austria
Identical search only: Germany, Bulgaria, Benelux, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, South Korea, Lithuania, Latvia, Morocco, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Tunisia, Turkey, and the US.
Identical and similarity searches: Austria, the EU (EU trademarks), WIPO (contracting state Austria)
€390.00 plus VAT. (€464.10 incl. VAT) without class limitation
D-A-CH Searches in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Combination of searches for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
€490.00, plus VAT (€583.10 incl. VAT) without class limitation
EU 28
Identical search only: Iceland, South Korea, Morocco, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey, and the US.
Identical and similarity searches: Germany, EU (EU trademarks), WIPO (all contracting states), Austria, Bulgaria, Benelux, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, and Slovakia.
€1990.00, plus VAT. (€2368.10, incl. VAT) without class limitation
Furthermore, we can provide you with searches for almost any country. We can also perform searches for other types of marks such as figurative marks. We would be happy to provide you with our current price list or create a quote for you at no obligation.
