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Last updated 14 June 2026. Short version: a trademark's status tells you whether it still blocks you. Live marks are in force. Dead marks, meaning abandoned or cancelled, are not, though they can stil...
Read more →Last updated 14 June 2026. Short version: the best startup name is one you can actually own. That means clearing it across the trademark register, domains, and social handles before you fall in love w...
Read more →Last updated 25 June 2026. Short version: downloadable or installed software is Class 9. Software you host and sell as a subscription is Class 42. Most SaaS companies need both, because they ship an a...
Read more →Last updated 18 June 2026. Short version: the owner on the public record is whoever the trademark is currently assigned to at the USPTO, which is not always the company on the packaging. Here is how t...
Read more →Last updated 17 June 2026. Short version: filing a US trademark yourself costs $350 per class in USPTO fees. Most people add a filing service or attorney, which brings a typical single-class registrat...
Read more →Last updated 14 June 2026. Short version: a clearance search is the cheapest insurance in trademark law. Spend twenty minutes checking the register before you file and you avoid the most common reason...
Read more →You know things about brands that no database does. A brand quietly changed hands. A name is mid-rebrand. Two companies are circling the same mark. That context lives in your head, and now it has a ho...
Read more →You have always seen the Expansion Score badge on brand profiles and search results, but until now we never spelled out where the number comes from. We have fixed that. There is a new page that walks...
Read more →There is now a faster way to find out where a trademark stands. Head to Check Application Status, type in a brand or owner name, and you will see every matching mark on the US register with its curren...
Read more →You can now get the best of WikiTrademarks in your inbox once a week, for free. The WikiTrademarks Weekly rounds up what actually moved on the USPTO register over the past seven days: the NICE classes...
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