Trade Marks pre-filing Search
Is your selected brand or logo already being used or registered as a Trade Mark by another business for similar or identical goods or services? A trade mark search will reveal whether the proposed name for a trade mark is being used by someone else or another business for identical or similar goods or services in the jurisdiction in which you wish to protect that trade mark. A Trade Mark search is important because it can give you significant Cost savings Which would otherwise be incurred through re-branding if it later transpires that a proposed mark was already in use by someone else for similar or identical goods or services, after you had already affixed your mark to your goods / labels. Further it can save legal costs in terms of legal fees which may otherwise be incurred in an infringement action, should the prior rtights owner sue you for Trade mark infringement. Finally, it reduces the prospect of a third party (common right owner) bringing an action for passing off against you because of your use of that party's trade mark on your goods or services.