Trademark monitoring for startups & founders
You picked the name. Make sure nobody registers it out from under you before you do. From $49/year.
Free check: has anyone filed something like your name?
Scans the USPTO applications currently indexed. No signup.
Naming is a founding decision — protect it early
At founding, the name is top-of-mind and investors ask about IP. The risk is quiet: while you're heads-down building, someone files a federal application for a similar name in your class, and you don't see it until it's registered — at which point a rebrand costs you a domain, a logo, a brand you've been compounding, and sometimes a legal fight.
MarkAlarm watches the US register daily and alerts you the day a colliding filing appears, so you can act inside the cheap 30-day window. It's the least you can do for the name you're betting the company on — from $49/year.
Daily monitoring, next-business-day alerts, weekly all-clear. Cancel anytime.
Start watching →Common questions
Is this legal advice?
No — MarkAlarm surfaces public USPTO filings and similarity scores with links to the official record. Whether to act on a filing is a legal decision; if one worries you, a trademark attorney is the right next step, and you'll arrive with the filing already in hand.
Do I need a registered trademark to use it?
No. Many people watch a name they use but haven't registered — so they learn immediately if someone else moves to register it.
How do I cancel?
Email support any time and we'll cancel it, or use the billing link in your Stripe receipt. It takes effect at the end of the period you've paid for. Card payments are processed by Stripe; we never see your card.