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1. Enter any number of names you want to search or upload a list of names.
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2. Enter any number of goods or services you want to include in your search.
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3. Click the Submit Search button.
When all your tradmark searches are complete you will receive a report in your inbox with your trademark
search results. Quickly and easily review the trademark search results to identify the name that is available for
your brand. View sample trademark search report.
Search with confidence with Bob’s 60-day money back guarantee.
Shoot us an email with your question about how best to break up your mark, which goods or services
description to select, or which International Class Numbers to use. Our trademark search specialists are
available Monday through Friday, 7:00 am -7:00 pm CST, Saturday and Sunday 7:00 am- 4:00 pm CST
to answer your questions free of charge.
Our trademark specialists are experienced trademark searchers and are all based in the U.S.
Trademark BOB is not like any other trademark search tool out there. A skeptic at first, I tried BOB for a few searches and it quickly spotted issues that would be problematic in getting registered with the trademark office. So, I highly recommend giving BOB a try!
Stephanie Louie
Founder, North Star Brand Builders
BOB is an important part of our team. We save time and money using BOB, which allows our companies to get new products to the market faster.
John Miller
Chairman and CEO of The Cali Group
BOB is a very useful and easy-to-use trademark search tool. I will continue to use BOB for my firm’s branding projects.
Scott Robertson
Managing Partner of Robertson+Partners
BOB enables me to review a long list of potential names in a cost-effective manner. By using BOB as a trademark screening tool, I have confidence that my short list of presented names will pass legal scrutiny when it is ultimately reviewed by the client's trademark lawyers.
Mark Prus
Principal, NameFlash
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| International Scope** | U.S + [optional] 3 Countries |
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| Price per search | Annual Subscription $4,000 for up to 250 searches | $400 per name for same day reporting | $25 per name or more | $50 per name or more | $9.99 per name or Annual Subscription $2,375 for up to 250 searches [Unlimited search plans also available] | ||||
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Turnaround Time
- 30 names - one good/service description |
Longer than BOB 30 reports delivered instead of one | 30 reports delivered by the end of business | 5+ hours | 5+ hours | One report containing all 30 names delivered in about 13 min. (~26 seconds per mark) |
*Basing a Risk Level on only the Similarity of the Marks and overlapping International Class Numbers results in an overly conservative and even inaccurate risk assessment
**Paying for International Searches when a mark is unavailable in the U.S. is a waste of money. The better strategy is to search the U.S first then search names available in the U.S. in foreign countries.
Try BOB®, the time saving, money saving trademark search option that helps you confidently select your brand.
Traditionally, trademark searches are performed manually either by a trademark lawyer or the trademark owner. But software applications are becoming more common place to perform B2B services, and trademark searching is no exception.
Tungsten Branding wrote an insightful article on the costs associated with branding. Not surprising was the affordable options available to startups. Tungsten identified several companies that can provide naming, design, and domain name availability services.
There is no one-size-fits-all to a branding budget. They will vary by the size of the company and overall marketing strategy. But for anyone investigating what an appropriate branding budget is, here are the guideposts identified by the authors of Branding for Dummies, 2d Edition:
It cannot be said enough that a business needs to conduct a trademark search before investing time and money into a new brand. Although no search can reveal every possible conflict that may exist with a mark, a proper search can steer you clear of the big problems.