---
title: "Summarise trade mark search hits for a clearance look"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/run-a-preliminary-trade-mark-clearance-summary-from-search-results/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A23-B7-3-US"
practice_area: "Intellectual Property — Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Summarise trade mark search hits for a clearance look

> From the search results the lawyer supplies, list each hit's mark, goods, registration or serial number, status word as printed, and owner. Add no clearance conclusion.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/run-a-preliminary-trade-mark-clearance-summary-from-search-results/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 hit's mark, goods, registration or serial number, status word as printed, and owner. Add no clearance conclusion. |
| What the lawyer must review | 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 by another and not abandoned, as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the applicant's goods, to cause confusion, mistake or deception, subject to the concurrent-registration proviso. Section 1114 is the remedy for infringement of a registered mark. You decide which hits are close and whether use would infringe. A printed status word is not a legal status until you confirm it on the register extract. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Run a preliminary trade mark clearance summary from search results](https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/run-a-preliminary-trade-mark-clearance-summary-from-search-results.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the search results the lawyer supplies, list each hit's mark, goods, registration or serial number, status word as printed, and owner. Add no clearance conclusion.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Common-law use is inside § 1052(d) as a mark or trade name previously used and not abandoned. A search of the register does not find every common-law use.
- Read the concurrent-registration proviso in § 1052(d) before you treat a shared field of use as a bar.

## 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)

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