Online screening/searching

Word similarity

“Word similarity” searches identify all marks that

  • are identical or similar in the searched Nice classes, or
  • are phonetically identical in any other class.

This search is the most comprehensive search offered by Fovea IP.

Word screening

This search stands between “word similarity” and “phonetically identical” searches. It allows the client to identify the major hurdles against one or more trademark projects before conducting a “full similarity” search.

These searches are limited to marks that

  • are alphabetically or phonetically identical, or
  • contain one additional, deleted or replaced letter or,
  • for slogans only, contain at least two phonetically identicals.

Phonetically identicals

This search identifies the identical marks, alphabetically or phonetically. This is the basic level of searching and the most limited strategy offered by Fovea IP.

Figurative similarity

For these searches, Fovea IP uses proprietary artificial intelligence technology which is similar to facial or fingerprint recognition applications.

This technology is more reliable than the previous systems that use Vienna classes.

Owners

“Owner” searches are available worldwide and are mainly used for portfolio audits.

These searches are trustworthy. However, they depend on several factors that Fovea IP does not control, such as:
  • Have all owner’s names been correctly spelled by the relevant Trademark Office?
  • Have all assignments and/or name changes been properly registered and published?
    An additional search of previous owners may be useful.
  • Has the transliteration been done correctly? Fovea IP uses tools that (partially) compensate for this problem.

Domain names

The Fovea IP database comprises over 300 000 000 domain names, including:

  • All .COM, .EU and national extensions.
  • Over 1,200 ‘generic Top-Level Domains’.
  • Over 300 ‘country code Top-Level Domains’.
  • The new ccTLDs and gTLDs are added as soon as available.

All above domains are constantly updated.

We cannot guarantee the comprehensiveness of our domain names database but believe it to be, globally, the most complete and accurate.

Design similarity

This type of search is performed among active and inactive designs in (up to) 96 jurisdictions.

For these searches, Fovea IP uses proprietary artificial intelligence technology which is similar to facial or fingerprint recognition applications.

This technology is more reliable than the previous systems that use Locarno classes.

Multicriteria searches

These searches allow you to easily and efficiently perform your day-to-day searches.
Searching is made easy with the use of

  • 40 different selection criteria,
  • Boolean operators, and
  • generic characters (truncations).

You can easily search among goods and services that have all been translated into English.
A search among non-Latin characters is also possible.

Analytics

Gain insight to valuable business information across the world by accessing millions of records.

  • Which trademarks were filed by a given company in Brazil?
  • What are my competitors currently filing? Using the services of which representative?
  • Where am I ranked in comparison to my competitors regarding my number of filings?
  • Is my representative in Australia working for one of my competitors?
  • I am searching for a foreign agent; who are the most active representatives in the relevant country and who do they work for?
  • Etc.

Alerts

  • Update searches. You can automatically be notified of all new trademark filings that correspond to the criteria of a recent search (all new trademarks filed since the search was completed). This update can also be useful for competitive intelligence.
  • Be notified of events that may concern you. (Eg: the registration of a trademark in a given country).
  • Etc.