Professional Trademark Search

Detailed programme each day from 09:00 to 13:45 CET Danger of confusion - recognition and justification

Basics of the danger of confusion

Similarity of marks; goods and services

Typeset of danger of confusion

Opposing marks and characteristics

Practical training on danger of confusion

Specific characteristics in international law
Opposition and appeal

Grounds for opposition; Opposition proceedings; Other proceedings

Why a trademark search?

Why a trademark search is necessary

Introduction: trademark search

Existing search tools, status quo, commercial providers, law firms

Development of the existing search techniques and the needs of the industry

Free searches (Knock-out searches) vs. Professional searches

Practical exercises

Country-specific features - Common Law rights, countries not using Latin script, countries that do not adhere to the Nice Classification

What can be searched?

Trademark types: word marks, device marks, other types of marks

How would the type of mark to be searched affect the search strategy

Preparation of a trademark search

Aims and strategies

Depth of search

Identical search, similarity search

What to do if a trademark is already registered

Is the mark completely lost? Further clearing options

In-use investigation, letters of consent and co-existence agreements, buying out, use requirement and cancellation actions

Overview: search options

Free online search - Romarin, TMview, eSearch, National TMO databases

Screening options

Full availability searches

How to search in cost efficient way

Other search options

Commercial registers

(company name search)

Domain name search; title search

Industry specific searches, e.g. pharma

Practical exercise
An outlook into the future

Current trends, combining various search techniques/approaches

BENEFIT: Attendees will receive practical advice on how to perform a TM search and how to correctly evaluate the danger of confusion with regard to the search.


Detailed programme each day from 09:00 to 13:45 CET Danger of confusion - recognition and justification

Basics of the danger of confusion

Similarity of marks; goods and services

Typeset of danger of confusion

Opposing marks and characteristics

Practical training on danger of confusion

Specific characteristics in international law
Opposition and appeal

Grounds for opposition; Opposition proceedings; Other proceedings

Why a trademark search?

Why a trademark search is necessary

Introduction: trademark search

Existing search tools, status quo, commercial providers, law firms

Development of the existing search techniques and the needs of the industry

Free searches (Knock-out searches) vs. Professional searches

Practical exercises

Country-specific features - Common Law rights, countries not using Latin script, countries that do not adhere to the Nice Classification

Commercial registers

(company name...