A trademark is a name, logo, phrase, or design that identifies your brand and distinguishes it from others in the market. It’s the legal foundation of your brand identity—and often one of your most valuable assets.
Trademark clearance is the process of figuring out whether your brand name, logo, or slogan is available to use and register (own), before you invest in it.
That means: searching trademark databases and other sources to identify existing marks, writings, and images that may be similar in name, appearance, meaning, or commercial impression — and applying legal tests and human judgment to assess potential risk.
Building a brand without clearance is one of the most common (and costly) mistakes you can make. Best case, your trademark application is rejected and you go back to the drawing board.
Worst case, you risk:
Either way, it’s expensive, disruptive, and avoidable with the right upfront work.
You can, but it’s not enough. We use advanced tech to comprehensively search at a speed and scale that humans scrolling databases can’t.
And, critically, trademark clearance isn’t just about finding identical matches. It requires analyzing:
This kind of legal risk analysis is typically performed by trademark lawyers–at high law firm rates.
A comprehensive clearance usually includes:
It’s not just a database search—it’s about legal judgment and understanding risk.
No.
Clearance is a risk assessment, not a guarantee. It helps you understand:
From there, you (and your lawyer) decide how to proceed.
Trademarks are registered by the official USPTO category your goods or services fall into (like clothing, software, or legal services), called a "class.” Choosing the right category (or categories) is what makes your trademark meaningful and defensible.
Our lawyer-trained AI suggests the right class or classes based on your mark, industry, and intended use, so your coverage fits your strategy.
Thanks Mom is a platform that delivers fast, comprehensive trademark clearance, combining AI-powered analysis with real trademark lawyer oversight.
It helps brands, creators, and lawyers:
Thanks Mom is built for:
Some tools are low cost but offer no legal judgment or accountability. Lawyers traditionally offer in-depth analysis, but at sky-high rates.
With Thanks Mom, AI handles the heavy lifting (search + analysis), and lawyers-in-the-middle validate results and make final recommendations.
Thanks Mom goes further by:
You’re getting actual legal services–not just data–and at a low cost.
No, the information on this page is for general guidance and is not legal advice
No. Your representation by the Lawyer-in-the-Middle is limited in scope to your trademark clearance and ends once Thanks Mom delivers your clearance report. See your terms and conditions for more details.
With Thanks Mom, you can:
From the Thanks Mom site, choose your search type, enter your mark and complete payment. Once your payment is completed, you’ll be prompted to select the goods & services you want to search against, and after submission you will receive a confirmation that your search is being processed.
Try it out:
Our customer commitment is 2-4 business days from when your intake information is complete (your mark name and your goods and services / class selection) and your order passes our internal conflict screening. If anything will push delivery past 2-4 business days, we will email you proactively.
Business hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm U.S. Eastern time, excluding U.S. federal holidays.
Each report includes:
The report covers your mark, with the goods or services you specified. It includes search results, a risk assessment, and citations.
Two ways: (i) by email with a secure, time-limited link to the PDF and (ii) in your Thanks Mom customer portal, where it's available for re-download for the retention period in our Terms & Conditions.
Yes, you can add a class via goods & service selection for an additional fee.
The report is a point-in-time clearance assessment to help you make an informed decision. We cannot guarantee a particular outcome at the USPTO, or that no third party will assert a claim against your use of a mark.
Once your report is delivered, the matter is complete. If you have a clarifying question that calls for additional attorney work, we'll ask you to start a new matter or refer you to outside counsel — purchasing a clearance recommendation does not include ongoing legal advice.
You can access your report as long as you have an active Thanks Mom account. We recommend downloading your PDF when you receive it.
Pricing is shown at checkout. The base fee (plus taxes) covers a recommendation in one class of goods or services. If you need more than one class (an additional fee applies per added class) the system will calculate it before you pay.
Yes.
By automating much of the manual work, and introducing legal judgment at key moments, Thanks Mom delivers:
Refunds are governed by our Terms & Conditions. The most common refund situation is because we cannot proceed because of a conflict of interest (full refund). Email support if you have a concern.
We do not. We work hard to deliver within our 2-4 business day customer commitment, and we'll proactively notify you if we anticipate a delay. If a delay causes a real problem for you, contact support and we'll review.
Since Thanks Mom involves legal services provided to you by an independent lawyer, a conflicts check is required by law. Before Thanks Mom accepts any matter, the matter is screened for conflicts of interest with the lawyer's existing clients and matters. This is a standard ethical obligation and protects everyone involved.
If we cannot proceed, we will decline the matter and refund your order in full. We don't share specific reasons because conflicts often involve confidential information about other clients.
Conflict checks usually clear within a few hours during business hours.
Information you provide is treated as confidential. Data handling, retention, and the list of subprocessors are described in our Privacy Policy and Data Processing Addendum. Panel attorneys assigned to your matter are bound by written confidentiality obligations.
By email at contact@thanksmom.ai.
We monitor the support inbox during business hours and aim to reply the same business day.
