# WIPO API: Search trademarks > Search WIPO Global Brand Database trademarks by brand name, registering office, status and Nice class in relevance order. Status follows the registering office's reported status; missing record details are null. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by WIPO. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/branddb.wipo.int/search-trademarks - Method: `branddb.wipo.int/search_trademarks`, version 1 - Website: branddb.wipo.int - Returns: mark text, owner, owner country, office, status, Nice classes, application/registration/expiry dates, image, record link, numbers - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `status` | string | no | | Record status: active includes registered and pending; inactive includes expired and ended. For example active. One of "any", "active", "inactive". Default "active". | | `country` | string | no | | Registering office as a country name or two-letter code, such as Japan, EU, or WIPO. Leave blank for all offices. Default "". | | `brand_name` | string | yes | `"Nutella"` | Brand name to search, for example Nutella. | | `max_results` | integer | no | `3` | Maximum records to return, such as 25. Default 25. | | `product_class` | string | no | | Nice class number or product words, such as 25 or clothing. Default "". | ## Output From a run on Oct 31, 2026. Its input: ```json { "brand_name": "Nutella", "max_results": 3 } ``` Its output: ```json { "trademarks": [ { "owner": "FERRERO S.p.A.", "office": "New Zealand", "status": "Registered", "classes": [ "30 — Coffee, tea, bread and confectionery" ], "mark_text": "nutella ; nutella", "expiry_date": "2034-03-26", "branddb_link": "https://branddb.wipo.int/en/similarname/brand/NZ501993000225926", "owner_country": "Italy", "mark_image_link": null, "application_date": "1993-03-26", "registration_date": "1996-03-26", "application_number": "225926", "registration_number": "225926" }, { "owner": "FERRERO S.P.A.", "office": "Brazil", "status": "Registered", "classes": [], "mark_text": "NUTELLA", "expiry_date": "2025-11-28", "branddb_link": "https://branddb.wipo.int/en/similarname/brand/BR500000817073566", "owner_country": "Italy", "mark_image_link": null, "application_date": "1993-02-09", "registration_date": "1995-11-28", "application_number": "817073566", "registration_number": "817073566" }, { "owner": "ش. فيريرو اس بي ايه", "office": "UAE", "status": "Registered", "classes": [ "43 — Food and drink services" ], "mark_text": "NUTELLA", "expiry_date": "2033-06-20", "branddb_link": "https://branddb.wipo.int/en/similarname/brand/AE502013000193695", "owner_country": "Italy", "mark_image_link": null, "application_date": "2013-06-20", "registration_date": "2014-07-16", "application_number": "AE/193695", "registration_number": "193695" } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"branddb.wipo.int/search_trademarks","input":{"brand_name":"Nutella","max_results":3}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Look up active trademark registrations for the brand name "Lumora" in Nice class 3 cosmetics and show who owns each one - Check the WIPO Global Brand Database for any expired or lapsed marks called "Vantaggio" filed in the EU - I'm thinking of naming my clothing line "Kestrel Peak" — are there existing trademarks for that name in class 25 anywhere in the world? - Pull up to 50 trademark records for "Sakura Bloom" registered with the Japanese office, any status, with filing and expiry dates - On wipo.int, find pending or registered international marks for "NovaPay" covering financial services, and include the record links ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "brand_name" ], "properties": { "status": { "enum": [ "any", "active", "inactive" ], "type": "string", "default": "active", "description": "Record status: active includes registered and pending; inactive includes expired and ended. For example active." }, "country": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Registering office as a country name or two-letter code, such as Japan, EU, or WIPO. Leave blank for all offices." }, "brand_name": { "type": "string", "description": "Brand name to search, for example Nutella." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 25, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum records to return, such as 25." }, "product_class": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Nice class number or product words, such as 25 or clothing." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "trademarks" ], "properties": { "trademarks": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "mark_text", "owner", "owner_country", "office", "status", "classes", "application_date", "registration_date", "expiry_date", "mark_image_link", "branddb_link", "application_number", "registration_number" ], "properties": { "owner": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "office": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "status": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "classes": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "mark_text": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "expiry_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "branddb_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "owner_country": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "mark_image_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "application_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "registration_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "application_number": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "registration_number": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [USPTO API: Search US trademarks](https://fous.com/methods/uspto.gov/search-trademarks.md): Finds US trademark filings matching a brand name, optionally limited to likely goods or service classes. Exact marks come first, similar marks follow; not a legal clearance opinion. - [USPTO API: Get trademark status](https://fous.com/methods/uspto.gov/get-trademark-status.md): Gets the current status and prosecution history of one U.S. trademark by name, serial number or registration number. For a name, it picks the newest live matching mark (or the one matching the owner) and lists the other matches. - [Google API: Search patents](https://fous.com/methods/patents.google.com/search-patents.md): Finds Google Patents about an invention. Optional filters: inventor, assignee, country, filing date and publication stage. Legal status is the site's estimate. - [Google API: Get patent details](https://fous.com/methods/patents.google.com/get-patent.md): Gets one public patent or published application by number, title, or Google Patents link, with claims, citations, family and classifications. - [Companies House API: Search companies](https://fous.com/methods/find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search-companies.md): Searches the UK Companies House register by company name and returns each company's status, type, incorporation date and registered office address, in result order. - [Vivino API: Search wines](https://fous.com/methods/vivino.com/search-wines.md): Finds Vivino wines matching a wine name (optionally with the winery and a vintage year), in Vivino relevance order, with ratings, vintage, origin, bottle photo and the US price when shown. - [Open Food Facts API: Search packaged foods](https://fous.com/methods/openfoodfacts.org/search-products.md): Searches Open Food Facts packaged foods by name, optionally filtered by diet, country where sold and brand, ordered by popularity (most scanned first). - [CPSC API: Search product recalls](https://fous.com/methods/cpsc.gov/search-recalls.md): Finds U.S. consumer product recalls matching a product type or brand, newest first, with hazards, remedies, incidents, sale details and photos when published.