Trade mark search and assessment

Two searches, one before you spend anything

1. Complimentary basic clearance search, before engagement

We were the first in Singapore to provide a free cursory search for your trademark eligibility before you even engage us. Tell us your mark and what it is for, and we check the Singapore register for obvious barriers to registration: identical or clearly conflicting marks in your classes, and signs that the mark may be descriptive or otherwise unregistrable. You get a plain answer and a recommended route, with no obligation.

2. Comprehensive search & assessment report, after appointment

Once you appoint us, we prepare a comprehensive search and assessment report. It determines the classifications relevant to your goods and services, identifies potential conflicts and objections for your consideration, and sets out our professional recommendations and opinions. When the report is complete, we hold a final round of discussion to prepare your mark for filing.

For a Singapore registration the report is included in the S$600 per class all-inclusive price. If you only need a search and opinion, for example before investing in a brand, or for a market outside Singapore, we quote it on request.

What the report covers

• The classes and the wording of goods and services that best protect your business, drafted and harmonised for IPOS
• Identical and similar earlier marks on the register, with our view on the risk each one presents
• Registrability of the mark itself: distinctiveness, descriptiveness and other absolute grounds
• Our written recommendation: file as is, adjust the mark or the specification, or hold

What we need from you

• The mark: the word, or a good-resolution image of the logo (JPEG or PNG)
• The goods or services it is used, or will be used, for
• The countries you want protection in

We do not need supporting documents unless we ask for them.