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Logo check

Upload a logo to find similar trademarks in the Russian register by image, then check it worldwide in the official TMview and WIPO image searches. Free.

Image search in the Russian register

Preliminary search in the Russian trademark register (Rospatent), including international registrations protected in Russia: upload a logo and we will show the closest figurative marks. For other countries use the worldwide image searches below.

How to check the logo yourself on the Rospatent website
  1. Prepare the file. The Rospatent search accepts JPG and TIFF up to 3 MB; PNG and SVG will not work, so save the logo as JPG. If the logo has a symbol and lettering, make one more file with the symbol only.
  2. Open the Rospatent trademark search (it has an English interface), go to the figurative search and choose search by image.Open the search
  3. Upload the file and run the search: the platform will show visually similar marks. Repeat with the file without lettering.
  4. Do not filter by class: look at all marks under protection and compare their classes with your business.
  5. Also search by the Vienna classification: marks are found by the code of the depicted element. You can look the code up in the classifier on the same page, for example:
    • 3.1.1 lions
    • 5.3 leaves and branches with leaves
    • 26.1 circles and ellipses
    • 27.5 distinctive lettering
  6. Does the logo contain a word? Check it separately: word elements are searched as text, and we have a preliminary register search for that.Check the name
  7. Found a similar mark in your classes? Show it to a trademark attorney or to us before the logo is printed or registered.

Check the logo worldwide

Official free image searches of trademark offices. They open in a new tab; upload the same file there.

  • TMview image searchUpload the logo with the “search by image” button: compares it with figurative marks of the EU and many national offices.Open
  • WIPO Global Brand Database, brand logoUpload the logo on the “Brand logo” tab: searches figurative marks across 90 data sources.Open
  • USPTO Trademark SearchUnited States: search by design codes, the US system for describing figurative elements.Open

Results there are for reference too: only a trademark attorney can give a definite answer about registration.

What counts as similar

Rospatent compares figurative marks by five features. They do not all have to match: what matters is the overall impression, whether the marks can be confused.

  1. Outer shapeThe outline and silhouette of the mark: a circle, a shield, an animal, a letter.
  2. SymmetryWhether both marks have it and how the parts are arranged.
  3. MeaningWhat is depicted: two different drawings of a lion still both mean a lion.
  4. Type and style of imageNaturalistic, stylised or cartoon-like.
  5. Colour combinationColours and tones, if the mark is registered in colour.

Clause 43 of the Rules approved by Order No. 482 of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, 20.07.2015.

We will check the logo for you

Send the logo on Telegram or WhatsApp and tell us your business area. We will check the registers by image and Vienna codes and tell you whether there is a risk. I reply within an hour.

Ilya Vasilyev

Ilya Vasilyev

Studio founder, designer and developer

FAQ

Upload the file on this page: the Rospatent search compares it with all trademarks protected in Russia and shows the closest ones. For other countries, upload the same file to the TMview and WIPO image searches linked on the page. Then compare the results with your logo by shape, symmetry, meaning, style and colours.

No. Your browser shrinks the image and converts it to JPEG, our server sends it to the Rospatent search and keeps it in memory only while the search runs. The file is not written to disk and does not get into logs.

An image search ranks all marks in the register by similarity and shows the closest ones; it never answers “no matches”. What matters is whether a found mark can be confused with yours and whether it is registered in the same classes.

Yes. Word elements are searched as text, not as an image. Check them on the name check page, which searches for marks with the same word and similar-sounding ones.

First compare the classes: a mark in other classes usually does not get in the way. If the classes match and the marks are easy to confuse, it is better to rework the logo before it is printed or registered. Send it to us and we will suggest what to change.