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Phonetic search on trademarks

How to do a phonetic search on trademarks? What is a phonetic search?

We tell you the steps to perform an IMPI phonetic search and check if a trademark is registered and that your trademark does not have phonetic problems when used and you can make a consultation or initiate a trademark registration.

It is used to perform a search of a term, expression or combination of words that you want to use the trademark and check if there is another identical, similar or with a similar sound when pronounced.

How to do a phonetic search? What is a phonetic search? We tell you the steps to perform an IMPI phonetic search and check if a trademark is registered and that your trademark
How to do a phonetic search? What is a phonetic search? We tell you the steps to perform an IMPI phonetic search and check if a trademark is registered and that your trademark

When performing your phonetic search in trademarks before the IMPI, you only need to enter the same name of the trademark you wish to register in the Marcanet portal. Once you have completed the process, the system will present you with a result, specifying the category to which the trademark corresponds, and including the possibility of reviewing your application.

Where to check if a trademark is registered?

The so-called Marcanet system is the application that IMPI makes available to you free of charge to perform queries and searches for trademarks that have not been filed or registered, in the same field, and with similar characteristics to those of your company (logo, name, shape, image, sound, among others).

How to know if a trademark name already exists?

When doing a trademark search in marcanet you can write the name of your company or trademark that the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property provides you with a free trademark search system. It is very clear that for the phonetic search it is better to hire a specialist because you can make mistakes when presenting your trademark and lose money in a trademark with a similar phonetic or similar.

What are the dangers of registering a trademark with similar phonetics?

When registering a trademark with a similar phonetic you must analyze that this trademark is in a different class than the one you want to register because if they are in the same Nice Classification the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property will reject your trademark and you could lose that money so we recommend you to ask for a specialist lawyer and it is not too expensive in this page because the lawyer will help you at all times and will register your trademark in a correct way.

1.            Enter the official IMPI website in marcanet or you can enter our website in the trademark search section.

2.            Write or type the name of the trademark you want to search our intelligent system will let you know if there is another similar trademark or you can do it in marcanet and check each class.

3.            Once you obtain the result you will be able to deduce if it is necessary to change the trademark name or file the application with all the corresponding risks.

A phonetic registration can be made at IMPI.

If the name and sound marks as well as some logo or image marks are included in the phonetic registration process and this is done by the IMPI without any extra cost in the trademark registration, if this does not sound familiar to you, it is suggested that you contact us.