Frequently asked questions
Is DeepNameSearch legal advice?
No. It is a name-screening tool. It gives a knowledge-based read on trademark risk and links you straight into the official registers, but it is not a formal clearance and not a substitute for a licensed trademark attorney. Use it to decide which names are worth taking to a lawyer.
How accurate is the trademark check?
It is a reasoned assessment from a language model with web search, focused on likelihood of confusion in the relevant Nice classes, plus deep links into USPTO, EUIPO, WIPO and UK IPO search. It is not a live register query. It is good at catching obvious collisions and crowded patterns; it can miss a pending application or a mark it has no knowledge of.
Do you store my searches?
No. There is no account and no database of searches. Results sit in an in-memory cache for about 24 hours so an identical repeat run is instant; nothing is written to disk. The one thing that leaves our server: a deep audit sends the name and industry to the AI provider (Anthropic or Google) and runs web searches on the name — see the next question.
Is it safe to test a name I have not announced yet?
For a quick check, yes — it only queries public DNS and social pages. A deep audit sends the name to Anthropic’s Claude or Google’s Gemini and runs web searches on it, so the name passes through those providers under their API terms. We do not keep it, but it is not leak-proof. If a name is highly sensitive, run the quick check only, or test a close variant.
What is the difference between Quick check and Deep audit?
Quick check runs only the deterministic checks — domain availability per TLD and social-handle availability — in a few seconds. Deep audit adds live web research for existing companies and trademark exposure, confusable-name analysis, linguistics and phonetics, and returns the full scored report with a verdict.
Which domains and social platforms does it check?
Domains: .com, .ai, .net, .io, .co and .dev by default, via RDAP with a DNS cross-check. Social handles: GitHub, YouTube, TikTok, X, Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook. Some platforms block automated checks, so those are reported with a confidence level rather than a hard yes/no.
Why did it say a domain was available when a registrar says it is taken?
RDAP plus DNS can see registered domains and genuinely free ones, but not names a registry holds back — reserved, premium, or trademark-blocked strings have no registration record and no DNS, so they look identical to a free name. "Available" here means "not currently registered and not in DNS" — always confirm at a registrar before counting on one.
Is it really free?
Yes. No login, one name per run. There is a per-IP rate limit to keep it usable for everyone.
Which AI model does it use?
The analysis layer runs on Claude or Gemini with server-side web search, behind a common interface. The deterministic checks (domains, handles, scoring) do not use a model at all.
Can I use it for a personal brand or a product name, not a company?
Yes, though the trademark and persona reasoning is tuned for company and B2B software names. Domain and handle checks and linguistic screening work for any name.
It gave my name a hard stop. Is the name dead?
A hard stop means this exact string has a fatal problem as-is — usually an active same-name company in your category, an offensive meaning in a major language, or no obtainable domain anywhere. A spelling change, a coined variant, or a different market can often resolve it. Re-run the variant.