Best for
Best for applicants and practitioners who want to search the Australian trade mark register themselves before filing with IP Australia.
Trademark Search & Monitoring Comparison
Australian Trade Mark Search vs. Corsearch
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for brand owners and IP professionals who want screening, clearance and watching with analyst review across many jurisdictions.
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Australian Trade Mark Search | Corsearch |
|---|---|---|
| Output | Lists of matching trade marks with full record details, an Excel export of up to 2,000 results, print-friendly pages and PDF reports | Not stated |
| API | Australian Trade Mark Search API with a quick search and a lookup by trade mark number, using OAuth 2.0 client credentials | Not stated |
| Hosting | Web app at search.ipaustralia.gov.au | Not stated |
| Made in | Australia | Not stated |
| Registers and countries covered | Registered and pending Australian trade marks, including trade marks registered with the International Bureau designating Australia, which are found by their international registration number | The vendor cites 190 searchable trademark registries and 240 jurisdictions and territories watched for new marks, within more than 1,000 trademark, company name, domain, design, pharma and common law databases |
| Word, phonetic and image search | Word searches with exact, prefix, suffix, part, stem, fuzzy and phonetic options, phrases with AND, OR, NOT, quotes and wildcards, image search by visual similarity from an uploaded PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP or SVG up to 8 MB, advanced image search with standard image constituent terms, and searches by number or range, owner, party, address for service, goods and services text, status, dates, type and flags such as non-use | Similarity search across phonetic, semantic and visual similarity in ExaMatch and NameCheck, logo and device search through LogoCheck image recognition, and an AI query assist that turns plain language into a search query |
| Goods, services and Nice classes | Searches across the 45 classes, with associated classes included by default; choosing Single limits the search to the classes entered | Clearance searches take goods and services, classes and jurisdictions as their criteria, and an AI Product Insights feature categorises products for filings |
| Clearance and conflict screening | A search of the register and not a clearance opinion: IP Australia says a trade marks attorney or lawyer can undertake comprehensive searches for prior registered or unregistered trade marks, and offers a separate free app, TM Checker, for feedback on the likely success of an application | Screening of candidate names and clearance of registered and unregistered marks, with regional or worldwide searches combining register and common law sources into one report and Corsearch analysts reviewing and filtering the results |
| Watch and alerts | Saved searches in My Searches and in search spaces do not refresh on their own: IP Australia states their results only update when the searches are rerun, with a Rerun all searches button; search spaces are kept for 100 days after last access | Automated Watch and analyst-reviewed Expert Watch across word and design marks in 240 jurisdictions and territories, LogoWatch for logos, a user-set similarity threshold and AI prioritisation of watch results |
| Reports and exports | Result sets of up to 2,000 export as a Microsoft Excel document, results print as a plain print-friendly page, and the advanced view generates PDF reports; searches run in the advanced view are kept in a My Searches list | Dashboards and interactive analytics in TrademarkNow, and one report for a regional or worldwide clearance search |
| Integrations and API | Australian Trade Mark Search API with a quick search endpoint returning matching trade mark numbers, filterable by type, status and update date, and an endpoint returning the publicly available details of one trade mark; access is requested through the IP Australia developer portal and uses OAuth 2.0 client credentials | Not stated |
| AI features | No | stated Yes |
| Deployment | Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS) |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Not stated |
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Key Differences
- Deployment Australian Trade Mark Search Browser-based Corsearch Cloud (SaaS)
- AI features Australian Trade Mark Search No Corsearch Yes
- Registers and countries covered Australian Trade Mark Search Registered and pending Australian trade marks, including trade marks registered with the International Bureau designating Australia, which are found by their international registration number Corsearch The vendor cites 190 searchable trademark registries and 240 jurisdictions and territories watched for new marks, within more than 1,000 trademark, company name, domain, design, pharma and common law databases
- Word, phonetic and image search Australian Trade Mark Search Word searches with exact, prefix, suffix, part, stem, fuzzy and phonetic options, phrases with AND, OR, NOT, quotes and wildcards, image search by visual similarity from an uploaded PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP or SVG up to 8 MB, advanced image search with standard image constituent terms, and searches by number or range, owner, party, address for service, goods and services text, status, dates, type and flags such as non-use Corsearch Similarity search across phonetic, semantic and visual similarity in ExaMatch and NameCheck, logo and device search through LogoCheck image recognition, and an AI query assist that turns plain language into a search query
- Goods, services and Nice classes Australian Trade Mark Search Searches across the 45 classes, with associated classes included by default; choosing Single limits the search to the classes entered Corsearch Clearance searches take goods and services, classes and jurisdictions as their criteria, and an AI Product Insights feature categorises products for filings
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Australian Trade Mark Search
Strengths
- From IP Australia, the office that examines Australian applications
- Phonetic, fuzzy and stem word searches for spelling and sound variants
- Image search by visual similarity from an uploaded logo
- Excel export of up to 2,000 results and a documented search API
Limitations
- Covers the Australian register only; other countries need other databases
- The official pages describe no watch or email alerts for new filings
- The image search does not read words inside an image, so they have to be typed separately
Corsearch
Strengths
- Analyst review on clearance searches and Expert Watch, with analysts averaging 15+ years of experience as stated by the vendor
- Logo search and logo watching through image recognition
- Clearance combines register and common law sources in one report
- Trademark work and brand protection against counterfeits, gray markets and domain abuse from one vendor
Limitations
- No prices are published; access starts with a demo request
- The official pages describe no API and no integration with IP management systems
- The vendor does not name which 190 registries are searched
Plans
Pricing
Australian Trade Mark Search
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Australian Trade Mark Search
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Corsearch
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Australian Trade Mark Search https://ipaustralia.gov.au/trade-marks/search-existing-trade-marks · checked against the official source on 2026-11-08
Corsearch https://corsearch.com/ · checked against the official source on 2026-11-05
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