{"id":2199,"date":"2022-02-22T17:58:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bamboo.legal\/como-saber-si-una-marca-esta-registrada-uso-del-buscador-de-marcas-tmview\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T06:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T05:32:16","slug":"how-to-find-out-if-a-trademark-is-registered-using-the-tmview-trademark-search-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bamboo.legal\/en\/blog\/como-saber-si-una-marca-esta-registrada-uso-del-buscador-de-marcas-tmview\/","title":{"rendered":"How can you tell if a trademark is registered? Using the TMView trademark search engine."},"content":{"rendered":"

Before applying to register a trademark with the relevant registration office (e.g., the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office<\/a> or the EUIPO<\/a>), it is very important to conduct searches to find out if my trademark is already registered; that is, to find out What trademarks are registered or pending in the territory where you want to register?<\/strong>, and in relation to which products or services. In today's article, we will show you how to know if a trademark is registered<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Trademark attorneys and Official Industrial Property Agents generally use paid software that performs much more exhaustive searches than a person can do to find out if a trademark is registered. In addition, it is important that the interpretation of the results obtained<\/strong> It should be done by a professional with experience in the field, who is familiar with the criteria used by registration offices to compare trademarks and who can devise a protection strategy in line with those results.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

But, How can I get at least a rough idea of whether a trademark is registered?<\/strong> We explain it to you in this post.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The importance of prior searches to find out if my trademark is already registered.<\/h3>\r\n

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The prior trademark searches<\/strong> They are extremely useful for any company or individual preparing to launch a product or service on the market. Knowing whether a trademark is registered is key information.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

On the one hand, if my product or service does not yet have a name, Trademark searches will enable me to design and develop a naming<\/em> and a corporate identity<\/strong> with at least some certainty that I am not infringing on the registered rights of third parties.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

On the other hand, if my brand is already developed and I am ready to register it, conducting preliminary searches will allow me to gauge the chances of success of the registration and, where appropriate, reduce the risk of receiving an opposition and thus avoiding delays in processing<\/strong> (in this post<\/a><\/strong> We explain what to do if you have received a brand failure<\/strong>).<\/p>\r\n

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Using the online tool TMView<\/a><\/span>, completely free of charge.<\/h3>\r\n

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TMView<\/strong><\/a> is a brand search engine<\/strong> Relatively effective for searching registered or applied-for trademarks in the most common countries of interest. Works perfectly as a search engine for OEPM trademarks and EUIPO trademarks. TMView cross-references information with the databases of the world's leading registry offices<\/strong>, and provides generally reliable results for determining whether a trademark is registered.<\/p>\r\n

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The search engine is quite intuitive. In the \u201cAdvanced Search\u201d panel, we should pay special attention to the following fields:<\/p>\r\n

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