IP Hub: Create it - Search trademarks databases

Looking for an existing trademark? Learn how to search various databases around the world.

Canada

• Canadian Trademarks Database Tutorial

Europe

• European Union Intellectual Property Office – eSearch plus
• EUIPO – TMview
• United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office – Search for a trade mark

United States

• United States Patent and Trademark Office – Search trademark database

World

• World Intellectual Property Organization
  • How to Search Before Filing: Overview
  • Madrid Monitor – Tutorials

Looking for an existing trademark? Check these databases:

Canada

• Canadian Trademarks Database
• Goods and Services Manual

Europe

• eSearch plus
  eSearch plus is the European Union Intellectual Property Office's access to its database of European Union trademarks and registered community designs.
• TMclass
  TMclass helps you to search for and classify goods and services (terms) needed to apply for trademark protection.
• TMview
• Use TMview to:
  • Check the availability of your idea for a trademark name.
  • Find out the goods and services protected by your competitors' trademarks.
  • Receive updates on selected trademarks for change of status, change of name and end of opposition period.
• United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office – Check the trade marks journal

United States

• United States Patent and Trademark Office – Trademark Electronic Search System

World

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) – Global Brand Database
  The Global Brand Database is your gateway to more than 36,320,000 records from some 40 national and international collections, and the first step in researching whether a mark similar or identical to yours already exists.
• WIPO – Madrid Monitor
  Follow the status of your international application or trademark registration, access detailed information on all trademarks registered through the Madrid System, and keep an eye on competitors' trademarks.

Here is a list of intellectual property (IP) experts who can provide you with resources and information to advise you on your own IP strategy:

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

• Client Service Centre
• IP advisors

IP agents

• College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents
• Intellectual Property Institute of Canada