Does a clean result mean I am safe to sell?

No. The check is a strong first filter, not legal advice. It covers live USPTO marks in the classes above, and it cannot see copyrighted artwork, character likenesses, unregistered marks or trademarks registered outside the United States. You remain responsible for what you list.

I only sell outside the US. Is the check still useful?

Partly. Many large brands register in the US as well as elsewhere, so a US match is a good warning sign. A clean result does not cover the EU, the UK or other markets, so check your local registry too.

Does checking trademarks cost credits?

No. Trademark checks do not use credits. The number of designs you can check at once depends on your plan.

Is a design checked automatically when I upload or publish it?

No. Uploading or publishing does not run a trademark check, so run Check trademarks yourself before you create products. Scout AI is the exception, since it screens its own ideas when Trademark protection is on.

Trademark checks - Documentation

Trademark checks overview

Run a trademark check before you create products. It is far cheaper to rename a design than to have a listing taken down after it went live.

MyDesigns compares the text on your designs, such as titles, tags and descriptions, against registered trademarks and flags any word or phrase that conflicts with one. You can check designs in bulk, or look up a single keyword before you use it.

What we check against

Source: Trademarks registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Our trademark database downloads new USPTO filings every day.
Region: United States only. International and other national registries, such as the EUIPO or WIPO, are not checked.
Status: Live trademarks only. Dead marks, such as abandoned, cancelled or expired ones, are left out because they no longer protect anything.
Classes: The goods and services classes most relevant to print on demand. Marks registered only in other classes are not reported.

Classes we cover

Every trademark is registered for specific kinds of goods, grouped into numbered international classes (the Nice classification). A mark only protects the classes it is registered in, so the check looks at the classes that cover products you can sell through MyDesigns.

Class	Covers, for example
9	Phone cases, laptop sleeves, mouse pads
18	Bags, totes, backpacks, wallets
20	Home decor such as pillows, cushions and frames
21	Mugs, tumblers, drinkware and kitchenware
24	Blankets, towels and other textiles
25	Clothing such as t-shirts, hoodies and hats

Paper goods such as posters, stickers and prints (class 16) are not covered. If you sell those, check your keywords separately before you publish.

Checking your designs

On the Designs page, select the designs you want to check, open the Trademarks actions and choose Check trademarks. The check runs in the background, so you can keep working while it finishes.

Each filled-in field on a selected design is checked: title, description, tags and any other field in the collection template. Empty fields are skipped.

When a conflict is found, it appears on the design under Found trademarks, and the matching words are highlighted inside the fields they appear in. Matching ignores case and only counts whole words or phrases, so a short mark is not flagged just because it is part of a longer word.

After you rewrite the flagged text, select Clear all warnings to remove the flags from the design. This clears every flag on that design at once, so run the check again afterwards to confirm the new text is clean.

How many designs at once

Plan	Free	Starter	Pro	Pro Plus
Designs per check	4	24	48	120

Searching a keyword

To test a word or phrase before you use it, choose Search trademarks from the Trademarks actions on the Designs page. Enter the keyword and select Check.

Any conflicting live trademarks are listed with their serial number, status, filing date and registration date. The serial number links to the full record on the USPTO website. If nothing conflicts, you will see that the keyword is safe to use.

Trademarks in Scout AI

Scout AI has its own Trademark protection setting. When it is on, Scout screens each niche before researching it and skips anything that fails, so a trademarked idea never reaches the generation step. Titles, descriptions and tags Scout writes for you are checked as well.