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Trademark clearance first pass — knockout + similar-marks check producing a flag list, not a clearance opinion. Use when a new mark is proposed, when asked whether a mark is available or to run a knockout search, or when assessing likelihood-of-confusion factors before a full professional search. This skill never concludes a mark is clear.
Copy the install command and let the AI configure it · recommended for beginners
Please install the "clearance" skill from askskill: 1. Download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/main/ip-legal/skills/clearance/SKILL.md 2. Save it as ~/.claude/skills/clearance/SKILL.md 3. Reload skills and tell me it's ready
This is a triage, not a clearance opinion. A trademark clearance opinion requires a full professional search and registered trademark counsel's judgment. A "no obvious conflicts" result means the triage didn't find anything — it does not mean the mark is clear. Clients have been sued over marks that passed a knockout search.
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ip-legal/CLAUDE.md. If it
contains [PLACEHOLDER], stop and direct to /ip-legal:cold-start-interview.This skill never concludes a mark is clear. If uncertain, flag — the attorney decides.
/ip-legal:clearance "APEXLEAF for an outdoor apparel line, planned launch US + EU"
/ip-legal:clearance
(And the skill will ask for the mark, goods, classes, and jurisdictions.)
Say this at the top of every output. Do not drop it. Do not soften it.
This is a first pass, not a clearance opinion. A trademark clearance opinion requires a full professional search (TESS, state registries, common law sources, international registries, domain and social, trade dress and design marks where relevant) and attorney judgment on likelihood of confusion, which depends on factors a structured triage cannot fully assess. A "no obvious conflicts" result from this skill means the triage didn't find anything — it does not mean the mark is clear. Clients have been sued over marks that passed a knockout search. A registered trademark attorney evaluates before anyone adopts, files, or invests in this mark.
This is the loudest guardrail in the plugin. Under-calling a conflict is a one-way door — a logo on trucks, a product launched, a TM application filed, all with a problem underneath. Over-calling is a two-way door — the attorney narrows the list in review. Stay on the two-way door side.
Matter context. Check ## Matter workspaces in the practice-level CLAUDE.md. If Enabled is ✗ (the default for in-house users), skip the rest of this paragraph — skills use practice-level context and the matter machinery is invisible. If enabled and there is no active matter, ask: "Which matter is this for? Run /ip-legal:matter-workspace switch <slug> or say practice-level." Load the active matter's matter.md for matter-specific context and overrides. Write outputs to the matter folder at ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ip-legal/matters/<matter-slug>/. Never read another matter's files unless Cross-matter context is on.
Before running clearance, read ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ip-legal/CLAUDE.md. Pull:
## Who's using this (lawyer vs. non-lawyer changes the work-product header and the non-lawyer gate below).## IP practice profile and ## Enforcement posture (default jurisdictions if the user doesn't specify).…
Draft a DMCA takedown notice, triage one you received, or draft a §512(g) counter-notice. Use when asserting copyright through a §512(c)(3) takedown with the fair-use and perjury gates, when an incoming takedown needs triage into comply / counter / engage / ignore options, or when drafting a §512(g)(3) counter-notice with the consent-to-federal-jurisdiction gate.
Search watched registries for community legal skills, showing matches with descriptions and offering to show the full SKILL.md before install. Use when the user says "browse", "search skills", "find a skill for", "what's out there for", or wants to add a new registry to the watchlist.
Case status summary by audience — client-facing (plain language), internal (for the professor), or court-ready (formal caption format per local rules). Same facts, different framing and depth. Use when a student needs to update the client, brief the professor, or prepare a court status report.
Draft a brief section in house style, consistent with the case theory — every fact cited, every case checked, every argument tied to the theory. Use when the user says "draft the [section]", "write the statement of facts", "argument section on [issue]", or needs a first draft of a brief section.
Build a deposition outline for a witness — pull their documents from the eDiscovery platform, organize topics around the case theory, and surface impeachment material. Use when the user says "depo prep for [witness]", "build a depo outline", or "prepare for [name]'s deposition".
Manage matter workspaces — create, list, switch, close, or detach the active matter. Use in multi-client private practice to keep one client's context separate from another, or when a substantive skill needs to know which matter it's working in.