Every accepted EU trade mark application is published in the EU Trade Marks Bulletin. From that day, anyone with an earlier similar mark has three months to oppose it. Sentin reads the week's publications and compares every word mark against every other word mark in the same class with the same scorer it uses for its customers. Below: the closest pairs filed by different applicants. "Close" is a similarity score, not a legal opinion.
Pairs that look close, 22 September 2026 to 28 September 2026
Published 24 September 2026 and 22 September 2026 · opposition open until 24 December 2026 / 22 December 2026
Logos that look alike
The same idea for figurative marks: every logo published this week in these classes is compared with every other by the image model Sentin uses for its customers, and the closest candidates are then judged by its vision model, which ignores lettering and drawing style and looks for a shared concept. Percentages are visual similarity, not a legal opinion.
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ba by Shenzhen Feelstorm Technology Co. · 019410128 by INSTABASE · class 9
Published 24 September 2026 and 24 September 2026 · opposition open until 24 December 2026 / 24 December 2026
The logos share a smiling face icon as their core concept, though they execute it differently: Image 1 uses letters for the eyes, while Image 2 uses angular shapes within a speech bubble.
Where the filings went
Nice class
Published this week
Class 9 WATCHED
954
Class 35 WATCHED
888
Class 42 WATCHED
723
Class 41 WATCHED
574
Class 25
355
Class 3
306
Class 5
285
Class 28
216
Class 21
206
Class 16
201
Class 36
197
Class 30
185
A filing covering several classes is counted in each. Source: EUIPO trade mark search API, status "application published", publication date within the week.
Filed recently? Your own three-month window is open, and later filings will run one against you. Sentin watches the register for your mark every morning.
EUIPO published 1,737 trade mark applications this week in the classes most start-ups file in (class 9: 954, class 35: 888, class 41: 574, class 42: 723).
5 pairs filed by different applicants that look close to me:
• TeamIQ ↔ Tee mic (class 35, 87% similar)
• HALLOIO ↔ HALO (class 42, 83% similar)
• CoE Manager ↔ Logmanager (class 42, 80% similar)
• DEEPLUM ↔ DEEPGRAM (class 9, 80% similar)
• KEMRA ↔ KERA (class 42, 80% similar)
Each has a 3-month opposition window running from its publication date. Odds are neither applicant knows about the other.
Logos too: 1 pair of figurative marks from different applicants that look alike (86% visual similarity). Side by side on the page.
If you filed recently: sentin.tech watches the register for your mark every morning. Free for one mark.
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