---
title: "Build a trademark clearance conflict table"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/build-a-trade-mark-clearance-conflict-table/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A23-T1-R4-US"
practice_area: "Intellectual Property — Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build a trademark clearance conflict table

> From the search results the lawyer supplies, list each cited mark, goods, owner, status and the overlap in wording or goods. Rank nothing and clear nothing.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/build-a-trade-mark-clearance-conflict-table/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Intellectual Property — Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs](https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the search results the lawyer supplies, list each cited mark, goods, owner, status and the overlap in wording or goods. Rank nothing and clear nothing. |
| What the lawyer must review | You decide whether a mark is available. 15 U.S.C. § 1052(d) bars registration of a mark that so resembles a registered mark, or a mark or trade name previously used in the United States and not abandoned, as to be likely to cause confusion, mistake or deception. Section 1052(e) covers merely descriptive matter, primarily geographically descriptive matter, surnames and functional matter, subject to acquired distinctiveness under § 1052(f). Common-law rights are not on the register. Opinion 512: you verify every registration number on the USPTO record. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build a trade mark clearance conflict table](https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/build-a-trade-mark-clearance-conflict-table.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the search results the lawyer supplies, list each cited mark, goods, owner, status and the overlap in wording or goods. Rank nothing and clear nothing.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A clearance table is not a USPTO filing. If you later file, 37 CFR § 11.18 is your certificate and you insert your own signature.
- State trade-name rights and design-patent rights are outside § 1052. Search them separately.

## Sources

- [15 U.S.C. § 1052 (trademarks registrable on the principal register)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1052) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [15 U.S.C. § 1114 (remedies for infringement of a registered mark)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1114) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [USPTO, Guidance on Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools in Practice Before the USPTO (11 April 2024)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/11/2024-07629/guidance-on-use-of-artificial-intelligence-based-tools-in-practice-before-the-united-states-patent) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Application to register a trade mark (IP Australia)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/form-ip-australia-trade-mark-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to IP Australia's application to register a trade mark. The form page says to lodge it through Online Services or by post to PO Box 200, Woden. |
| [USPTO base trademark application in Trademark Center](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/us-trademark-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the USPTO base trademark application filed in Trademark Center. The application needs a verified statement under 37 CFR 2.33. The tool does not write that statement. |

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*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*