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Search 2.2 million Canadian trademarks by name. It finds the names close to yours, not only the exact spelling, with the status, owner and classes of each.

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2 dead exact matches for “Polar” in class 1

Live ones first, showing the first 2.

MarkStatusOwnerClassesFiledSimilarityDetails
POLAR Abandoned Withdrawn by Owner WARREN DISTRIBUTION, INC. 1 1997 100%
POLAR Abandoned WILSON, CAMPBELL CANADA LIMITED 1 1979 100%

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Closest first. These are the filings an exact search would never show you, and they are the ones that most often decide a refusal.

MarkStatusOwnerClassesFiledSimilarityDetails
POLAR BEAR Cancelled Expunged POLAR WARE COMPANY 1 1971 60%
POLAR BEAR Abandoned Abandoned Section 36 JACOBS & THOMPSON INC. 1 2016 60%
POLAR POWER Abandoned Abandoned Section 36 FPPF CHEMICAL CO., INC., a New York cor… 1 2010 60%
POLAR SPA Abandoned Abandoned Section 36 Polar Spas Ltd. 1 2003 60%
POLARIS Cancelled Expunged Atotech Deutschland GmbH 1 1971 56%
POLARIS Cancelled Cancelled by Owner Monsanto Technology LLC, a Delaware lim… 1 1973 56%
POLARIS Abandoned Abandoned Section 40(3) W.R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. 1 1999 56%
POLARIS Abandoned Withdrawn Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical… 1 2008 56%
POLARIS Abandoned Withdrawn by Owner W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 1 2001 56%
POLAR SPAS Cancelled Expunged Polar Spas (Edmonton) Ltd. 1 2010 55%
polar spas Cancelled Expunged Polar Spas (Edmonton) Ltd. 1 2010 55%
"POLAROID" Abandoned Inactive - Partial Transfer PLR IP Holdings, LLC 1 1946 50%
POLAR BREAK Cancelled Expunged ONDEO NALCO CANADA CO. 1 1987 50%
POLAR-CRETE Cancelled Expunged QUALITY SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1994 50%
POLARITE Abandoned ECC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1 1989 50%
POLAROID Abandoned Inactive - Partial Transfer PLR IP Holdings, LLC 1 1939 50%
POLAR DESIGN Cancelled Expunged M.H. DUECK ENTERPRISES LTD. 1 1984 46%
POLAR SHIELD Abandoned Abandoned Section 40(3) General Atomics International Services … 1 2010 46%
POLACLEAR Abandoned Abandoned Section 36 Mösslein Products GmbH 1 2016 45%
POLARCHEM Cancelled Expunged POLAR CHEMICALS LIMITED 1 1979 45%
POLARCOAT Abandoned Abandoned Section 40(3) Corning Incorporated 1 2011 45%
POLARTUFF Cancelled Expunged MMI-IPCO, LLC a Delaware limited liabil… 1 1989 45%
POL Abandoned Abandoned Section 40(3) Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix (also trad… 1 1999 43%
POLAR EXPRESS Abandoned Abandoned Section 40(3) ATICO INTERNATIONAL USA INC., a corpora… 1 1999 43%
POLAR-BREAKER Cancelled Expunged ALCHEM INC. 1 1972 43%

A match is not the whole answer. Whether any of these actually blocks you depends on the classes you sell in, and a name can be free in one class and taken in the next. The full availability check scores your name in your own classes, covers the international register and your logo, and gives one verdict. Also free.

How to read a result

  • Registered and pending marks are live: they can block a new Canadian application, so these are the rows that matter.
  • Abandoned means the application was dropped, withdrawn or refused. Cancelled means a registration was expunged or surrendered. Both are dead.
  • Classes are the 45 Nice classes of goods and services, which Canada has used since 2019. Conflict is judged within related goods and services, so the same word can belong to different owners in unrelated classes.
  • Similarity is our own measure of how close the spelling is to yours, not an official figure.

What this search covers, and what it does not

It searches the Canadian register: applications and registrations filed with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, from CIPO's open data, refreshed every week. It does not cover Canadian marks used but never registered, provincial business names, or marks filed only in other countries. For the United States use the USPTO trademark search, and the international search for Madrid System registrations. A logo can conflict even when the words do not, so check artwork with the logo search.

Questions

Is this the official CIPO search?

No. It is our own copy of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office's open data, refreshed every week, with a faster search that also finds similar spellings. Every result links to the official CIPO record, which is the version that counts.

Is it free?

Yes. No account, no limit and nothing to buy.

Does a U.S. trademark protect my brand in Canada?

No. Trademark rights are territorial: a U.S. registration gives no rights in Canada. To be protected there you file with CIPO directly, or extend an international application under the Madrid System to Canada. An earlier Canadian mark can stop you there even if your U.S. registration is safe.

What do the statuses mean?

Registered and pending marks are live and can block a new application. Abandoned means the application was dropped or refused; cancelled means a registration was expunged or surrendered. Both are dead, though a dead mark shows the name has been wanted before.

Do I need to use my trademark in Canada before registering it?

Not since June 2019, when Canada dropped the requirement to declare use before registration. But an unused registration can be challenged after three years, so plan to use it.

Can I search by logo?

Yes, with the logo search on this site. It compares your artwork with Canadian, U.S. and international trademark logos at once, by shape, by what the image shows and by the words inside it.

Source: Contains data licensed by Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Industry, the minister responsible for the administration of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. Licence. TrademarkMind is not endorsed by CIPO. A clean result is a strong signal, not a clearance opinion.