1.0Corsearchhttps://corsearch.comOliver Borlasehttps://corsearch.com/author/oliverborlase/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yXROEeytpa"><a href="https://corsearch.com/content-library/blog/trademark-screening-4-ways-to-optimize-your-search-queries/">Trademark Screening: 4 Ways to Optimize Your Search Queries</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://corsearch.com/content-library/blog/trademark-screening-4-ways-to-optimize-your-search-queries/embed/#?secret=yXROEeytpa" width="600" height="338" title="“Trademark Screening: 4 Ways to Optimize Your Search Queries” — Corsearch" data-secret="yXROEeytpa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> By Matthew Rubin When conducting preliminary trademark screening on word searches, the directions that can be taken to narrow down high hit counts are numerous. Some of the first strategic steps taken to focus searches known to be used by practitioners and seasoned screening users are: narrowing by international classes, goods/services, and status.  Taking these first steps […]