The best way to look after your mark during the application period is to sign up for Marcaria.com's Trademark Watch Service. It alerts trademark owners when identical or similar marks are published for review, which gives you enough time to file an opposition against a registration if you choose to. We recommend starting the watch as soon as you file, so that a conflicting mark can't be registered at the same time as yours.
What the Trademark Watch Service includes
- Alerts on published marks: you are notified of any identical or similar trademarks published in the class or classes selected in your application.
- Legal review: our legal team examines each potentially conflicting mark to decide whether it is a real problem, so you don't receive alerts that don't matter.
- Clear next steps: when a mark could conflict with yours, we tell you about it and explain the steps and timelines for opposing its registration.