Trademark Conflict Watch — Company Name Collision Monitor

Detect potential trademark and naming conflicts by searching company registrations across 140+ jurisdictions worldwide. Find businesses with similar names that could pose branding risks, trademark disputes, or market confusion — all via the OpenCorporates database of 200M+ companies.

What data can you get?

Company Name Conflicts — Search for companies with names matching your brand or product names. Each result includes the company name, jurisdiction, incorporation date, company number, and a severity score based on keyword match strength.

Multi-Jurisdiction Coverage — Covers company registrations from the US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia, and 140+ other jurisdictions. Identify potential conflicts before they become expensive legal disputes.

Use cases

• Brand protection teams — Monitor for new company registrations that could dilute or infringe on your trademarks
• Startup founders — Validate your company name against existing registrations before filing trademarks
• Trademark attorneys — Run conflict searches for clients as part of clearance and due diligence
• M&A due diligence — Check for naming conflicts and related entities before acquisitions
• Franchise operators — Monitor for unauthorized use of franchise brand names in new jurisdictions
• IP portfolio managers — Track naming conflicts across your entire brand portfolio

How to use

1. Set keywords with your brand names (e.g., ["Tesla", "OpenAI"])
2. Optionally set since to limit to recently incorporated companies
3. Filter by severity to focus on the strongest matches
4. Run the actor and get structured conflict data

Example input

{
  "keywords": ["Tesla", "OpenAI"],
  "since": "2025-01-01",
  "severity": "high",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Example output

{
  "source": "opencorporates-trademark-fallback",
  "itemId": "14285903",
  "itemName": "Tesla Energy Solutions Ltd",
  "itemSummary": "Jurisdiction: gb — Possible naming conflict with 2 keyword matches",
  "severity": "high",
  "score": 7.5,
  "publishedAt": "2025-03-12T00:00:00.000Z",
  "url": "https://opencorporates.com/companies/gb/14285903",
  "tags": ["trademark", "name-conflict"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-02-14T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Data sources

• OpenCorporates — The largest open database of companies in the world (200M+ records across 140+ jurisdictions)
• Data refreshed in real-time with every run

Pricing

Pay-per-event pricing. You only pay for what you use:

• $1.00 per actor start
• $0.004 per conflict record

Example: Searching for conflicts on 3 brand names and getting 150 results costs $1.00 + $0.60 = $1.60 total.

Integrations

Works with all Apify integrations: webhooks, API, Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, and more. Schedule weekly runs to monitor for new company registrations that conflict with your brands.

Tips

• Run weekly monitoring on your core brand names. New companies are incorporated daily, and early detection gives you time to send cease-and-desist letters before the conflicting brand gains traction.
• Search for product names, not just company names. A competitor might register "YourProduct Technologies" as a company name even if they don't use your exact brand.
• Use multiple keyword variations. Search for ["TeslaPower", "Tesla Power", "Tesla-Power"] to catch different naming patterns.
• Focus on high-severity results for immediate action. High severity means multiple keyword matches, suggesting a more intentional naming conflict rather than a coincidence.
• Export results to a shared spreadsheet for your legal team to review and prioritize.