Trademark Search & Brand Name Check: United States

Trademark office & official search

The competent trademark office is USPTO. You can run the official register search directly.

• Trademark office: USPTO
• Official search: https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-information?query=
• Madrid System: international registration via WIPO possible

LegalBrandCheck combines this register data with domain, social media and company-register checks into a single availability check for this jurisdiction (United States).

Domain check: .us

The country-code domain for this jurisdiction (United States) is .us. LegalBrandCheck verifies availability live via RDAP through the rdap.org aggregator. Generic endings such as .com are checked as well.

Frequently asked questions about brand names: United States

United States: Is my brand name still available?

LegalBrandCheck runs a live check across four silos — trademark registers, domain availability, social media handles and company registers. Jurisdictions covered: United States plus 196 others. The free check at legalbrandcheck.com takes seconds.

United States: Which office handles trademarks?

USPTO. The competent trademark office is USPTO. You can run the official register search directly.

United States: Where can I search existing trademarks myself?

Via the official search (USPTO): https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-information?query=

United States: Can I extend an international registration (Madrid System) to this jurisdiction?

Yes — according to our jurisdiction registry, this jurisdiction (United States) is a member of the Madrid System, so a WIPO international registration can be extended to it.

United States: What is the country-code domain?

The country-code top-level domain is .us. LegalBrandCheck checks .us domain availability live via RDAP (via the rdap.org aggregator).

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