Terms of Service

Effective: August 12, 2026

MarkAlarm ("the Service") is an automated information service that monitors public United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) data and sends notifications about newly filed trademark applications that may be similar to text you choose to watch. By using the Service you agree to these terms.

1. Information, not legal advice

The Service provides factual information from public records and automated similarity assessments. It does not provide legal advice, legal opinions, or attorney services, and no attorney-client relationship is created. Similarity scores are heuristic estimates, not legal conclusions about trademark infringement, priority, or registrability. Decisions about trademark matters should be made with a qualified attorney.

2. Coverage and limitations

The Service monitors new US federal trademark applications as published in USPTO public data. It does not monitor state registrations, common-law usage, business-name registries, domain registrations, social media, or non-US trademark offices. Monitoring depends on USPTO data availability and format; the Service may miss filings due to data errors, format changes, or outages, and similarity scoring may produce false positives and false negatives. The Service is a supplementary awareness tool and is not a guarantee that you will learn of every relevant filing or deadline.

3. Subscriptions, billing, refunds

Paid plans are sold by MarkAlarm LLC and billed annually through our payment processor, Stripe. Subscriptions renew automatically each year until cancelled.

Cancelling. You can cancel at any time by emailing support@getmarkalarm.com from your subscription address and we will cancel it for you, or by using the billing links in your Stripe receipt email. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; you keep access until then, and you are not billed again.

Refunds. If the Service isn't what you expected, email support@getmarkalarm.com within 30 days of your first purchase for a full refund, no questions asked. Refunds are issued to the original payment method via Stripe. A refund ends your subscription: when we issue it we also cancel the plan, and monitoring stops at that point — a refund and continued access are alternatives, not both. The guarantee is limited to one refund per person or business; repeat sign-ups by the same person, business, or payment method are not eligible.

4. Acceptable use

You may not use the Service to harass others, to scrape or resell its output at scale, or to represent its scores as legal determinations. We may throttle or suspend accounts that abuse the free check or the API.

5. Disclaimer and limitation of liability

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM THE SERVICE IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING MISSED OPPOSITION WINDOWS OR OTHER DEADLINES.

6. Changes

We may update these terms; material changes will be announced by email to subscribers. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance.

7. Who we are, and contact

The Service is operated by MarkAlarm LLC, a Florida limited liability company. Questions, cancellations, and refund requests: support@getmarkalarm.com — we aim to reply within two business days.

MarkAlarm LLC is not a law firm and does not provide legal services. MarkAlarm is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any government agency.