How To Check For Trademarks: Easy Steps That Anyone Can Understand | Print on Demand-Merch by Amazon

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Note: summarized from the Arabic caption track. RJ Martinez explains that it is not always legal to use a trademarked name without the owner’s explicit permission, and shows how to check trademarks before launching print-on-demand products on Merch by Amazon or other platforms. He demonstrates Merch Informer’s trademark-protection tool: a Chrome extension that, while you browse Amazon listings, offers a trademark check for the phrase on a product (shirt, phone holder, tote bag, pillow, etc.) and jumps to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) site to run the search. In one example, ‘Rottweiler Mom’ appears clear, while another phrase he checks is flagged in red as a registered trademark — clicking through shows the registration status, documents and drawing on the USPTO site, and he warns that uploading that text will get a listing rejected. He advises double-checking with the USPTO and a Google search, notes the research-side check is free while the in-dashboard upload check is a paid Merch Informer feature (mentioning his referral code RJ20), and highlights a Merch Hunter feature listing shirts Amazon has removed, using an NBA Phoenix Suns example to show what happens when you use a team’s branding without rights: removal and possible account suspension. The same checking discipline applies across Etsy, Redbubble, Society6 and other platforms.

Key takeaways

• Never use a brand or team name without permission; check every design phrase for trademarks before uploading, on any print-on-demand platform.
• Merch Informer’s Chrome extension can run a phrase check from an Amazon listing and deep-link into the USPTO search for verification.
• A red flag in the tool means a registered trademark — uploading that phrase risks rejection, as shown in his worked example.
• Double-check beyond one tool: verify on the USPTO site itself and run a Google search before treating a phrase as safe.
• Studying shirts Amazon has already removed (via Merch Hunter) teaches what to avoid and protects your account from suspension.

Episode details: published August 4, 2021 · 7:56 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are RJ Martinez’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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