IP · Trademark Clearance Triage

Triage a proposed trademark

First-pass triage on a proposed mark — knockout intrinsic bars, similar-marks check, jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction notes, and a likelihood-of-confusion factor walk. This is a flag list, not a clearance opinion.

Useful for in-house IP counsel, brand managers, and small-firm trademark practitioners surfacing risks BEFORE engaging full professional search. Covers US (du Pont / circuit-specific tests), EU (EUTMR Art. 8(1)(b) / SABEL / Canon), and LatAm civil-law (Decisión Andina 486, BR INPI Lei 9.279, MX IMPI, DR ONAPI). The tool NEVER concludes a mark is clear.

⚠️ This is a triage, not a clearance opinion. A trademark clearance opinion requires a full professional search (TESS / TMview / EUIPO / WIPO Global Brand Database / state registries / common-law / domain) and registered trademark counsel's judgment. A 'no obvious conflicts' result means the triage didn't find anything — it does NOT mean the mark is clear. Clients have been sued over marks that passed a knockout search.

Adapted with attribution from Anthropic's claude-for-legal ip-legal:clearance — derived 2026-05-15 from commit 9cecd91. LatAm civil-law framework (Decisión Andina 486, Lei 9.279, IMPI, ONAPI), multi-circuit US confusion factor selector, and 9-language support added by Lawra.

Proposed mark * *

Mark type

Goods / services * *

Nice classes (if known)

Jurisdictions of interest * *

Primary framework

Known prior-art / conflicts (optional)

Business context (optional)

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