How to check trademark for Merch by Amazon and Redbubble?

If you do not follow the trademark check procedure then you will get a strike of intellectual property.

Consequently, your account will be suspended and you can’t do anything.

What is trademark?

Trademark is a legally registered single name or phrase. For example, if you are going to start your own company then your first step will be about registration of your company name so that nobody can use it in future.

Similarly, movies, songs, cartoons or any character names are trademarked and we can’t use them in our own designs even if we make them from scratch.

As well as, you can’t use any website, youtube channel or facebook page name in your design because there are more chances that they will be registered as trademark.

How to check trademark ™️ for Merch By Amazon, Redbubble or any POD site?

Before searching for any phrase, let me clarify that you always check your phrase / main keywords of your title, brand, bullet points and description whichever you are going to use in the Merch By Amazon and Redbubble account.

You don’t need to check organic keywords e.g dog, play, hockey, chair, cup etc. All such type of English language keywords are safe to use.

But if you are going to use dog food name, hockey team name, chair and cup company name then you must check them for trademark.

I will discuss the method through which you can check your design-phrase for a trademark.

Trademark check in USA

USPTO stands for United States Patent and Trademark Office. This is the official site to check any type of trademark in the United States.

Lets start the trademark check procedure

Step-1 Follow the given link:

USPTO

Step-2 Select “Basic Word Mark Search (New User)” option as in screenshot.

Step-3 Enter your phrase in search term and then click on submit query.

Step-4 If you find “no result found” then you are safe to use your desired niche otherwise you have to modify your keywords.

Trademark Check in Europe

If you are selling your products in Europe then you should also check trademark on EUIPO

EUIPO is valid for whole Europe.

Trademark Check in Japan

Similarly, TMDN is the best site to check trademark in Japan. The best point about this site is that it covers EUROPE trademark data as well and you can use it for whole Europe.

Conclusion

As we have discussed different sites to check trademark for our POD designs, we should follow it regularly to keep our accounts safe.

There are many POD sites which are offering their products in different countries. Therefore, always keep in mind to check the trademark for specified regions in which your product is being sold.

You can’t depend on a single site to check TM for all over the world. Different regions have their own different official websites.