Trademark monitoring for startups & founders
You picked the name. Make sure nobody registers it out from under you before you do. $9/month.
Free check: has anyone filed something like your name?
Scans US federal applications from the last 90 days. 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 confusingly 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 — $9/month.
Daily monitoring, instant 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?
One click from your manage page, effective at period end. Payments are handled by Lemon Squeezy; we never see your card.