Scan Listings for Trademark Conflicts

Send a listing, get an answer. Signa extracts the brand terms from the listing you submit, checks each one against live trademark records, and returns a verdict and a recommended action. Signa does not crawl marketplaces.

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Trademark · Listing ScannerIllustration. Fictional sample recordsChecks listings you submit
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Check scope: Title · Description · ImageOffices: USPTO · EUIPO · WIPOClasses: 25, 35
Potential conflicts

Flagged in content

Title: MAMA BEAR

Description preview:

Cozy unisex tee featuring MAMA BEAR typography, perfect for gifts.

Registry hits

  • MAMA BEAR

    LIVE

    USPTO · Reg. 6,123,456 · IC 25

  • MAMMA BEER

    SIMILAR

    EUIPO · App. 018765432 · IC 32

Decision: Block publicationNext steps: Suggest alternatives · Request review
Scan Features

Catch conflicts before they publish

One check in your listing flow. Signa finds the brand terms, scores the risk, and returns a decision your platform can act on.

Checks in the Listing Flow

Checks run synchronously in one request, so you can check a listing a seller submits while they are still on the publish screen.

Automatic Term Extraction

Machine learning picks the brand-like terms out of titles and descriptions, then checks each one for exact, misspelled, and sound-alike matches. Creative respellings do not slip through.

Coverage

Every check runs against millions of live records from the US, EU, UK, and a growing set of national registers. One integration covers the markets you sell into.

Actionable Risk Scoring

Each listing resolves to one verdict and a recommended action, backed by per-term hits. Approve, warn, or block, and route the borderline cases to a human.

One call in your publish flow

Send the listing as JSON, get an assessment back in the same request. No jobs to manage, nothing stored on our side. Listing checks are open to design partners during beta.

Single endpoint

POST /v1/screening/listings with the title and description, get JSON back

Term-level detail

Every flagged term comes with the conflicting marks behind it

Pipeline-friendly

Stateless checks fan out cleanly across your whole catalog

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// Check a listing you submit, before it goes live
// (design-partner access during beta)
const response = await fetch('https://api.signa.so/v1/screening/listings', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer sig_xxxxxxxxxxxxx',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    title: 'Premium Nike-Style Athletic Shoes',
    description: 'Swoosh logo inspired design',
    nice_classes: [25],
    jurisdictions: ['US']
  })
});

const { listing, data } = await response.json();

// Example response (fictional, abridged)
{
  "object": "list",
  "listing": {
    "verdict": "high_risk",
    "action": "review",
    "analysis_status": "complete",
    "auto_approve_eligible": false,
    "summary": { "high": 1, "medium": 0, "low": 0, "informational": 0 }
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "object": "listing_candidate",
      "term": "Nike",
      "verdict": "high_risk",
      "sources": [{ "field": "title", "span": [8, 12] }],
      "hits": [
        {
          "object": "screening_hit",
          "risk_level": "high",
          "reason_codes": ["exact_mark", "same_nice_class", "live_status"],
          "trademark": { "mark_text": "NIKE", "office_code": "US" }
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "has_more": false
}

Inline, Not Queued

Synchronous checks built to return while the seller is still publishing.

Term Extraction

Brand-like terms found automatically, even buried mid-description.

Risk Assessment

One overall level per listing, with per-term scores and a plain summary.

Live Records

Checks run against USPTO, EUIPO, UKIPO, WIPO and the other offices Signa covers, each synced on its publication schedule.

FAQs

Common questions about Trademark Scanning

Need more help? Check our documentation

How Scanning Works

Integration

Accuracy & Risk

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