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TESS Is Gone: How to Search Trademarks in 2026
The TESS trademark search system was retired in 2023. Every current option for searching trademarks in 2026, from the USPTO replacement to global databases to APIs.
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#Trademark Search
Trademark search strategies and tools
Drew Mercer
·23 min read
The DuPont Factors: How Courts Decide Likelihood of Confusion
Guide to the 13 DuPont factors courts use to assess trademark likelihood of confusion, with real case examples and examiner weighting patterns.
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·10 min read
How AI is Transforming Trademark Search in 2026
AI adoption among IP professionals surged from 57% to 85% in two years. From the USPTO's new classification agent that cuts prep time from 5 months to 5 minutes, to deep learning systems searching 57 million logos in seconds — here's how AI is reshaping every stage of trademark search and what it means for practitioners.
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·8 min read
The Problem With Trademark Data (And Why We Built an API to Fix It)
93.2 million active trademarks. 200+ offices. Zero unified way to access them. Here's why trademark data remains one of the most fragmented datasets in legal tech — and what Signa's API does about it.
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