Frequently Asked Questions

TM-REGISTER is a private trademark information, monitoring, workflow, and automated assessment platform. We use structured trademark data, including public USPTO records, to help users understand trademark lifecycle events, track applications and registrations, prepare for maintenance and renewal periods, obtain preliminary trademark assessments, and request independent attorney assistance when needed.

No. TM-REGISTER is a private service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. USPTO trademark records are public government records that TM-REGISTER may organize, analyze, and present as part of its services.

No. TM-REGISTER is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or create an attorney-client relationship. Some services can route a user's request to an independent attorney or law firm. Any legal representation, legal advice, fees, and attorney-client relationship are established directly between the user and that independent provider.

Much of the trademark information used by TM-REGISTER is derived from publicly available USPTO data and related public sources. Public records can contain errors, omissions, processing delays, or later changes, so important filing or deadline decisions should be confirmed against official USPTO records and, when appropriate, with qualified trademark counsel.

The Trademark Registration Assessment is an automated preliminary screening product designed to give users a structured first look at a proposed trademark before making a filing or branding decision. It combines information submitted by the customer, selected USPTO records, automated rules, and AI-assisted analysis.

The assessment may evaluate or report on areas such as:

• Estimated registration probability and overall risk level.
• Potentially conflicting live federal trademark records.
• Similarity in appearance, sound, meaning, or commercial impression.
• The relationship between relevant goods or services.
• Trademark strength, including fanciful, arbitrary, suggestive, descriptive, generic, mixed, or unclear classifications.
• Descriptiveness, genericness, confusion, and other preliminary refusal-risk considerations.
• Practical brand qualities such as memorability, pronunciation, and ease of spelling.
• Recommended questions or next steps for further review.

Unless otherwise stated on the purchase page, an assessment credit costs $100. One credit is used for one submitted assessment covering one proposed word mark in one primary International Class. Multiple credits can be purchased when more than one assessment is needed.

No. The assessment is preliminary screening and decision-support only. It is not a comprehensive federal, state, common-law, marketplace, domain-name, social-media, foreign, or business-name clearance search. It does not replace attorney analysis or a professional clearance search.

No. No score, probability, conflict ranking, or assessment result can guarantee registration. USPTO examination, filing basis, specimens, ownership, third-party rights, marketplace evidence, opposition activity, and facts not submitted to TM-REGISTER can all affect the outcome.

Not unless a separate attorney service is expressly arranged. The standard TM-REGISTER assessment is automated preliminary screening using submitted information, available trademark data, and AI-assisted analysis. If legal advice is needed, users should consult a qualified trademark attorney.

After the customer purchases a credit and submits the assessment information through the secure TM-REGISTER workflow, the request is processed and the completed formatted report is delivered to the authorized recipient, typically by email.

The assessment generally requires the proposed mark, primary International Class, a detailed description of goods or services, recipient information, and optional target languages or foreign markets. Do not submit trade secrets, attorney-client privileged communications, highly sensitive personal information, or information you are not authorized to disclose.

Submitted assessment information and selected trademark evidence may be processed using an AI service provider to help generate structured analysis, classifications, explanations, scores, and recommended next steps. AI output can be incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated and should not be treated as a legal opinion or definitive filing recommendation.

Yes. The report is designed to be readable and client-friendly and may be useful as a consistent preliminary intake or first-pass review. Attorneys remain responsible for their own professional judgment, client communications, legal advice, and any comprehensive search or filing recommendation.

Free tracking lets a user follow a U.S. trademark application or registration using its USPTO serial number. TM-REGISTER can use that serial number as the continuing key for lifecycle monitoring as the mark progresses through filing, examination, Office Actions, Statements of Use, registration, maintenance, and renewal stages.

Depending on the record and available source data, tracking may help surface important status changes, Office Actions, response-related dates, publication or registration activity, use-filing stages, maintenance periods, renewal periods, and other significant lifecycle events.

No. Monitoring depends on source data, matching rules, schedules, connectivity, and third-party systems. Alerts can be delayed, incomplete, or unavailable. TM-REGISTER tracking is not a substitute for professional legal docketing, independent review, or direct verification of official deadlines.

No. Adding a publicly available trademark record to a TM-REGISTER watch list does not establish, verify, or transfer legal ownership of the mark. Tracking is an informational service based on the trademark record and the serial number supplied by the user.

The basic trademark-follow request is free unless the applicable page clearly states otherwise. TM-REGISTER may also present optional paid services, such as a Trademark Registration Assessment, maintenance-related assistance, or other products when relevant to the trademark lifecycle.

A trademark owner or authorized user submits the relevant registration information and contact details through the renewal-assistance page. TM-REGISTER processes the request and, where applicable, routes it to an independent attorney or law firm that can review the matter and contact the user directly.

No. Submission to TM-REGISTER does not create an attorney-client relationship. Any representation begins only if an independent attorney or law firm accepts the matter and enters into its own engagement agreement with the user.

TM-REGISTER is not a law firm and does not itself provide legal representation. When legal help is requested, an independent attorney or law firm may discuss the filing, requirements, legal fees, and engagement terms directly with the user.

No. TM-REGISTER cannot guarantee that an independent provider will accept the matter, contact the user by a particular time, meet a deadline, or achieve a legal result. Users remain responsible for official filing deadlines unless an attorney expressly agrees otherwise in writing.

The TM-REGISTER site may identify that a registration appears to be within a maintenance or grace period based on available trademark data. Because filing requirements and timing can depend on the record and legal circumstances, the user should confirm the official status and requirements promptly with the USPTO or qualified counsel.

No. Renewal and maintenance outcomes depend on applicable filing requirements, timing, continued use, specimens or other evidence, ownership, fees, and other legal or factual issues. TM-REGISTER does not control USPTO decisions and does not guarantee any filing outcome.

TM-REGISTER may offer attorney subscriptions, lead files, trademark opportunity reports, data exports, monitoring-related products, assessment workflows, and optional mailing or fulfillment services. The specific service, pricing, quantity, and included features are shown on the applicable product page, order, or separate agreement.

Depending on the product purchased, an attorney subscription may provide a recurring file of U.S. trademark registrations approaching relevant maintenance or renewal periods. Records can include public owner information, mailing information, registration and serial numbers, mark details, filing and registration dates, attorney status, and other data points used to prioritize potential outreach.

No. Lead and data products identify potential business opportunities based on available data and selected criteria. TM-REGISTER does not guarantee responses, engagements, legal fees, client conversions, revenue, or any particular commercial result.

Attorneys and law firms are solely responsible for determining whether and how they may use owner information, reports, mailing lists, or outreach materials under applicable professional-responsibility, advertising, solicitation, privacy, consumer-protection, and other rules.

Not unless TM-REGISTER expressly authorizes it. Data products are generally licensed for the subscriber's internal business use and may not be publicly redistributed, sublicensed, resold, or used to create a competing database or service.

Payments are processed through third-party payment providers such as PayPal and, where offered, other supported processors. TM-REGISTER may receive transaction, payer, product, subscription, refund, and payment-status information needed to reconcile and fulfill the purchase, but payment-card credentials are handled by the payment provider rather than stored directly by TM-REGISTER.

Purchased assessment credits are associated with the customer's TM-REGISTER account and can be used through the authorized assessment workflow. A credit is consumed when an assessment request is submitted. Credits may not be resold, transferred, duplicated, or used to bypass applicable limits without permission.

If TM-REGISTER permanently cannot process a valid request because of a system failure, TM-REGISTER may restore the credit, retry the request, or provide another reasonable remedy. A credit does not promise a particular output, conclusion, registration result, or legal outcome.

Except where required by law or expressly stated otherwise, completed digital services, delivered data, used credits, and subscription charges are non-refundable. Additional terms may be displayed at checkout or in the applicable order or subscription agreement.

Cancellation details depend on the payment or subscription provider and the applicable agreement. In general, cancellation should be completed before the next billing cycle to avoid future charges. If assistance is needed, contact sales@tm-register.com.

Passwordless links allow authorized customers to access their TM-REGISTER assessment account without maintaining another password. Customers should keep control of their email account and browser session, should not forward secure links, and should contact TM-REGISTER if they believe a link or account has been compromised.

TM-REGISTER does not sell personal information for monetary consideration. Certain online activity, device, advertising, conversion, or hashed identifier information may be disclosed to advertising and measurement providers as described in the Privacy Policy. Depending on applicable law, some of those activities may be treated as sharing or targeted advertising even though TM-REGISTER does not receive money in exchange for the information.

Yes. TM-REGISTER may use cookies, pixels, server-side integrations, and similar technologies to measure website activity, understand advertising performance, attribute conversions, maintain secure sessions, and improve the service. This can include Meta Business Tools such as the Meta Pixel and Conversions API. Additional information is available in the Privacy Policy.

TM-REGISTER uses administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect information, including authenticated APIs, access controls, secure sessions, token hashing, queue locking, and encrypted network connections where supported. No system or transmission method can be guaranteed completely secure.

You may contact TM-REGISTER to request access to, correction of, or deletion of customer information, subject to identity verification, applicable law, public-record status, contractual obligations, fraud-prevention requirements, and required retention. Public USPTO records may remain in TM-REGISTER's datasets even if customer-specific information is removed.

TM-REGISTER may send service, payment, security, transactional, assessment, tracking, monitoring, or renewal-related communications needed to provide the requested service. Users may request that non-essential promotional communications stop, subject to the choices described in the Privacy Policy.

The current Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions are available on the TM-REGISTER website and govern use of the Services.