Where the data comes from
- US: the USPTO Trademark Official Gazette, a PDF published every Tuesday. The issue of 20 October 2026 had 29,461 pages and 10,666 marks published for opposition.
- UK: the UK IPO Trade Marks Journal, an XML file published every Friday. Issue 2026/042 had 3,641 marks.
Every entry is read into one format: the mark, its classes and goods, the owner, the publication date and the last day to oppose.
How a new mark is compared with yours
| Your mark | New mark | What the check says |
|---|---|---|
| HONEYBEE | HONEY BEE | Same as your mark |
| KOOL KIDS | COOL KIDZ | Sounds like your mark |
| QUICK | KWIK | Sounds like your mark |
| WILD TRIBE | WILDE TRIBE | Spelled almost like your mark |
| SOLSTICE | SOLSTICE SKIN CO | Contains your mark |
| BLOOM | BLOOMWELL | Your mark inside a word |
Made-up pairs; the last column is the reason our check gives for each.
- Case, spaces and punctuation don’t matter: HONEY BEE is HONEYBEE.
- Sound: each word is turned into a key for how it is said, so KWIK meets QUICK and COOL KIDZ meets KOOL KIDS.
- Spelling: a mark a letter or so away from yours, like WILDE TRIBE for WILD TRIBE.
- Inside: your mark as a word of a longer mark, or as the start of a longer word.
- Articles and company forms — THE, AND, CO, LLC, LTD — never count.
- Classes: give the Nice classes you sell in, and only marks in those classes are shown; leave them empty to see every class.
From this week’s issues
From the USPTO Official Gazette of Oct 20, 2026 and the UK Trade Marks Journal of Oct 23, 2026: a common word a brand might watch, and a new mark the check finds for it.
| New mark | If you watched | What the check says | Last day to oppose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Ravensden LTDUK00004456198 ↗ | RAVEN, class 25 | Your mark inside a word: RAVEN in LADY RAVENSDEN LTD | Dec 23 · 60 days left |
| WILLOUS 99841389 ↗ | WILLOW, class 42 | Sounds like your mark: WILLO ~ WILLOW | Nov 19 · 26 days left |
| LUNHERUS 97852878 ↗ | LUNAR, classes 3 and 10 | Sounds like your mark: LUNHER ~ LUNAR | Nov 19 · 26 days left |
| FALCOUS 99831326 ↗ | FALCON, class 9 | Spelled almost like your mark: FALCO ~ FALCON | Nov 19 · 26 days left |
Updated with every issue. The owners are not named here; the free check and the official record show them. A mark that looks similar is not always a conflict.
What software can’t tell you
- Whether two marks conflict. That is a legal question that turns on the goods, the market and how the marks are used. We show what looks similar; a trademark lawyer advises on what to do.
- Meaning: a translation or a synonym of your mark is not matched.
- Logos and marks without words are not compared yet; marks in other scripts are compared by their Latin part.
- Offices other than the USPTO and the UK IPO.
Software or a law firm?
Software reads everything, every week, for little money; a law firm reads the matches and advises. The two work together: software to catch look-alikes early, a lawyer when one matters. See the comparison and the prices.