Entertainment Solutions
Get the most comprehensive range of search options for the entertainment industry, including sources from the music industry, gaming, podcasts, radio stations and an array of web-based sources.
- US Full Entertainment Search
- US Full Music Search
- Entertainment Web Search Extension
- Entertainment Web Extreme Search
Clear your selected name for title and trademark use. Use the U.S. Full Entertainment Search to determine the availability of a feature film, television production, book or video game title and prepare your project for extensive product licensing or merchandising. This search combines the comprehensive title clearance of the U.S. Title Availability Search with the comprehensive trademark clearance of the U.S. Full Availability Search.
- Clear your selected name for title and trademark use.
- Satisfy Errors & Omissions insurance requirements.
- Avoid infringement of registered trademarks
- Pave the way for product licensing and merchandising.
Advantages:
- You'll have extensive coverage of title and trademark sources including our proprietary database containing trademarks collected and updated from more than 300 trade publications, our private reference library of more than 100 publications detailing historical entertainment properties, and our proprietary Title and Entertainment database.
- You will enjoy the highest level of coverage available from our extensive entertainment, trademark and common law sources.
Detailed Sources:
Title sources
- U.S. Copyright Office records (1978 to present)
- Library of Congress records
- Thomson CompuMark's proprietary Title and Entertainment database
- Online and CD-ROM databases
- U.S. Federal (USPTO) and U.S. State trademarks in entertainment-related classes of goods and services
- Domain names from all ICANN-accredited registrars with suffixes .com, .org, .edu, .gov, .biz, and .info
- Thomson CompuMark's private reference library of more than 200 publications detailing historical entertainment properties.
Trademark sources
- USPTO Trademark Records: Active federal trademark applications and registrations filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 1884, and expired, canceled or abandoned marks since 1984.
- U.S. State Trademark Records: Our database includes trademark applications and registrations from all 50 U.S. states, plus Puerto Rico and Guam.
- SHEPARD'S Intellectual Property Law Citations: Legal citations pertaining to trademarks involved or cited in court decisions.
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Common Law Trademarks and Tradenames: We search for trademarks that may not be registered, but may be protected under common law rights, including:
- 2.8 million proprietary references
- 23 million product and company names from Gale® databases
- 27 million business names from the Dun & Bradstreet® and American Business Information® databases
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Domain Names: Coverage includes the generic top-level domains .com, .net, .biz, .info, .org, .edu, .net and .gov.
US Full Music Search
This search provides broad coverage, with title, trademark and merchandising components. It helps prevent public confusion and promotional difficulties, while identifying litigation and business risks.
It combines our U.S. Full Search with added key music industry and copyright sources, including the identification of band names and record labels.
Entertainment Web Search Extension
Web Search Extensions provide focused coverage of key trademark-rich websites. Complement your Full Search with one or multiple Web Search Extensions.
| Entertainment titles | Radio stations |
| Movie titles | Social networks |
| Movie studios | Television shows |
| Music | Television stations |
| Podcast titles | Video games |
| Radio shows |
Entertainment Web Extreme Search
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Some industries are so web-centric, they demand a more thorough search, including ten or more websites. To meet this special need, we developed Web Extreme Searches. These searches provide extensive, focused web coverage to give you greater certainty. They can be ordered as a stand-alone search, or in conjunction with a standard Full Search. |
| Band name / recording label | Entertainment titles |
| Broadcast / streaming media | Film studios / production |
| Casino gaming | Video gaming |
Please contact us here to discuss using Entertainment Solutions in your business or practice.
