Feature highlight: Watch Alerts

Hi! This is Howard Katzenberg, GleanMark's founder. In this video, we'll walk you through GleanMark's Watch Alerts. This feature checks new USPTO filings for potential conflicts with your clients' marks, so you can review them and advise clients in time to act.

Let's set up a custom watch, where you decide exactly what to look for. Our example client is Light & Wonder, which owns LEGENDS OF THE DEEP, a registered mark for casino gaming machines.

Name the watch, then enter the words to look for. We'll catch LEGENDS OF anywhere in a new mark. You can also add sound-alikes, wildcards, or words from the goods and services.

Limit it to the client's own classes, 9 and 28, so filings in unrelated classes stay out.

Then choose the events. New applications give the earliest warning, and publications open the window to oppose.

Now open the watch's preview to see what it would have caught over the past year. This one would have found a few matches a month, a manageable number to review.

One of them is LEGENDS OF ROCK, filed by Raw Thrills for arcade and video game machines, and published for opposition on November 3. That's one worth a closer look.

Going forward, you'll get an email alert whenever the watch finds a new match, one at a time or in a daily or weekly summary.

If a watch brings in too much, narrow it, with a more exact phrase or fewer classes. If you're not seeing much, broaden it, with sound-alikes or related classes. That way, each watch fits your client's needs.

As part of onboarding, GleanMark can also set up watches for the registered marks in your portfolios, using each mark's wording and classes.

Catch potential conflicts early, with watches tailored to each client. Start a free trial or book a short walkthrough at gleanmark.com.