Goalie

Use this when a user is choosing, checking, or planning to register a name for a product, brand, app, or company and wants to know which existing U.S. or Canadian trademarks might conflict with it or stand in the way — before filing, launching, or rebranding, even if they only say "is this name taken?" This is the tool for any proposed name. With register "CA" it screens Canada's federal (CIPO) register instead of the U.S. one; for a name used in both countries, screen each. Screens it against Goalie IP's daily-refreshed copy of the U.S. federal (USPTO) register in one call, catching exact matches, spelling variants, sound-alikes (KWIK vs QUICK, SAYKO vs SEIKO), and the USPTO's own readings of stylized marks (EZ read as EASY), ranked by match strength and by how closely their classes relate to the user's, using the USPTO coordinated-class table. Give the international classes for the goods or services when known. It matches spelling and sound, not meaning: when the name's idea has other common wordings (GOALIE, GOALKEEPER, GOALTENDER), screen each of them too. Returns every strong match (more when the field is crowded), with dead marks listed separately. Covers U.S. and Canadian federal filings only — not web, marketplace, state, provincial, or other foreign use. A screening aid, not a clearance search or legal opinion; use search_trademarks to explore the register by owner, goods, or dates, and get_trademark for a full record.

find_similar_marks

Use this when the user asks what is due, or when, for a U.S. trademark or a trademark portfolio — office action response dates, statement of use and extension deadlines after a notice of allowance, Section 8 and Section 71 declarations, Section 9 renewals, grace periods, and revival windows. Give a serialNumber for one mark, or an ownerName and/or attorneyName for upcoming deadlines across that owner's marks or that attorney's docket, soonest first. Each deadline comes with the date it was computed from, the filing window and grace period where they apply, and the extended date where a fee-paid extension is available. When a date falls on a weekend or Federal holiday, fileBy gives the next business day, the last day a filing is timely (37 CFR 2.196). Portfolio results are paged, 15 per page. Dates are computed from the status and dates in Goalie IP's daily-refreshed copy of the USPTO register, so a filing made in the last few days may not be reflected yet. Covers U.S. federal deadlines only — not WIPO renewals of international registrations, and not TTAB-set trial dates. A computed date to confirm with the USPTO, not legal advice.

get_deadlines

Use this when the user gives a U.S. trademark serial number or a Canadian application number, or wants full details on a specific mark found with search_trademarks. Returns the complete record from Goalie IP's daily-refreshed copy of the USPTO register, or with register "CA" its weekly-refreshed copy of Canada's CIPO register: full goods/services text, owner details, status and history, classifications, and filing and registration dates. Takes a serial (or CIPO application) number; to look up a registration number, find the mark with search_trademarks first.

get_trademark

Use this when the user asks which Goalie account is connected, what plan it is on, how many API calls are used or left this month, when the allowance resets, or why searches are being refused for a usage limit. Reports the connected account's email, plan, authentication method (OAuth or API key), and calls used, included, and remaining this billing period, plus the reset date. Takes no arguments, reports only on the connected account, and does not count against the monthly allowance.

get_account

Use this when the user asks how current, complete, or reliable the trademark data is — for example "is this up to date?", "could a recent filing be missing?", or before relying on a result for something time-sensitive. Reports the latest nightly data-health checks of Goalie IP's own copies of the U.S. (USPTO, refreshed daily) and Canadian (CIPO, refreshed weekly) registers: the latest file loaded and how far behind that is, whether any daily file is missing, whether recent files were verified record by record against the production database, register totals, and known limitations, with a link to the full report. Takes no arguments and does not count against the monthly allowance.

get_data_status

Use this to look up and filter existing U.S. trademarks by any field — even if the user doesn't say "trademark." For example: finding who owns a brand, listing an owner's or a competitor's filings, finding marks that cover certain goods or services, checking a mark's status or dates, or finding a logo by its USPTO text description. Searches Goalie IP's daily-refreshed copy of the U.S. federal (USPTO) trademark register — 14M+ applications and registrations — by mark text (exact, contains, or a typo-tolerant spelling lookup), owner, goods/services, class, status, dates, attorney of record, and more. Text matches ignore punctuation between words — "COCA COLA" also finds COCA-COLA and COCACOLA — so there is no need to retry spelling variants of separators. The spelling lookup is not a proposed-name conflict screen: it does not search phonetic equivalents or rank potential conflicts. To screen a proposed brand, product, app, or company name for conflicting or similar marks — including sound-alikes — use find_similar_marks instead. Set register "CA" to search Goalie IP's weekly-refreshed copy of Canada's federal (CIPO) register instead (2.2M+ applications and registrations) by mark text, owner, goods/services, class, status, dates, application or registration number, translation, disclaimer, or mark description; the parameters marked "U.S. register only" do not apply there. Not for domain names, social media handles, state or provincial business-name registrations, unregistered common-law use, or trademark offices other than the USPTO and CIPO. Every search needs at least one text filter (markLiteral, ownerName, serialNumber, registrationNumber, goodsAndServices, attorneyName, markDescription, pseudoMark, translation, transliteration, disclaimer, or designSearchCodes); class, status, and date filters alone are not enough. Returns summary rows — use get_trademark for a full record. Results are register records, not legal advice or a clearance opinion.

search_trademarks

Use this when the user is writing or checking the goods and services description for a U.S. trademark application, or asks which class something belongs in — for example "what class are candles in?", "how should I describe my app?", or "is this wording acceptable?" Searches Goalie IP's own copy of the USPTO Trademark ID Manual (the Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual, ~72,000 active entries), loaded from USPTO bulk data. Each entry gives the pre-approved wording, its international class, whether it is goods or services, its status, and the USPTO note where there is one. In an entry, text in {curly braces} is a placeholder the applicant must replace with specifics (drop the braces and words like "specify" or "e.g."), and text in [square brackets] is informational and may be left out. Deleted entries are excluded unless includeDeleted is set; their notes usually say why and what to use instead. Give entryIds to read specific entries with their full notes. U.S. practice only — other offices, including CIPO, keep their own lists. Wording guidance, not legal advice; the examining attorney decides acceptability.

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