How it works
From your words
to a map.
Havenmark IP turns a plain-language description of your creative project into a six-layer picture of the IP questions worth exploring - what may be worth protecting, what could be exposed, what could be monetized, and where AI muddies things. The map is a starting point for a conversation with a qualified IP attorney, never a substitute for one. This page explains how, in language anyone can follow.
The flow
Five steps,
about a minute of your time.
- 01
You describe your project
In your own words. Tell us what it's called, what you've made, who helped, what tools you used, and where it lives online. Anything you don't mention, we'll ask about.
- 02
We read it
Havenmark IP sends your description to a careful AI that has been instructed to think like a knowledgeable friend who happens to understand IP. It catches names, collaborators, tools, and notices what's still missing.
- 03
A few friendly follow-ups
Up to five small questions, one at a time. They fill in only the gaps that matter - usually about where you're active, who else contributed, whether AI tools were involved. Skip anything you'd rather not answer.
- 04
The map is drawn
We send everything to the model again, this time to draw a six-layer picture of the IP questions raised by your project. Each layer gets a status color, a plain-language headline, what we noticed, what's worth a closer look, and what this might mean for you - framed as observations, not legal determinations.
- 05
Three questions to raise with an attorney
Below the map you'll see three priorities - the topics most worth raising with a qualified IP attorney, ordered by what we think matters most. They are starting points for a conversation with a professional, not a to-do list to act on alone.
The six layers
Six dimensions of any creative project.
Every project gets analyzed across these six. Together they form your map.
Influence
What does this resemble?
Aesthetic and conceptual proximity to existing works, brands, or creative traditions. Generic vs. distinctive.
Originality
What is genuinely yours?
Which elements are protectable (trademark, copyright) vs. generic / descriptive / public domain.
Ownership
Who can actually claim this?
Collaboration, contractor IP, employer rights, AI contribution ambiguity. Where ownership is not clear-cut.
Exposure
How visible and vulnerable is this?
Public accessibility of assets and whether that exposure creates risk. Platform terms, geography, discoverability.
Commercial
What could be monetized?
Hidden commercial potential - licensing, merch, franchise, brand extension, secondary revenue.
AI Ambiguity
Where does AI muddy things?
AI-generated or AI-assisted elements. Authorship questions, training data issues, unsettled global frameworks.
Reading the map
Four colors, four meanings.
Based on what you described, this layer doesn't raise obvious questions worth flagging.
A qualified IP attorney can confirm - this is informational only.
What you described raises questions on this layer that are worth exploring.
Worth raising with a qualified IP attorney before taking action.
What you described raises significant questions on this layer.
We suggest raising this with a qualified IP attorney soon.
Not enough information to surface anything on this layer yet.
Tell us more and we can flag things worth exploring.
What we won’t do
The honest part.
These are the guardrails baked into Havenmark IP. They don’t change.
We don't give legal advice
Havenmark IP is an awareness tool, not a law firm. Everything you read here is information and education. It does not create an attorney-client relationship and is not a substitute for talking to a qualified IP attorney before filing or taking any meaningful action. Full terms live on the Terms & Disclaimer page.
We don't make conclusions about ownership
The map will never tell you that you own something, that something is protected, or that something infringes another person's rights. Those are legal determinations only a qualified attorney can make. We surface observations and questions; an attorney resolves them.
We don't recommend specific filings
The map will not tell you to file a specific trademark in a specific Nice class at a specific office, or specify deadlines, fees, or procedural steps. Those decisions depend on your full situation and on current office rules - territory only a qualified attorney should cover.
We hedge on purpose
You'll see a lot of "may have", "appears to", "could indicate". That's not us being vague - it's us being honest about what an awareness tool can responsibly say. The map raises questions and possibilities. It does not adjudicate them.
We don't game the system
Havenmark IP will never suggest a workaround, a loophole, or a clever way to slip something past a trademark or copyright office. If something is uncertain, we'll say so plainly and recommend the transparent path.
We're honest about AI-generated content
Fully AI-generated logos, illustrations, and copy currently fall outside copyright protection in most major jurisdictions. We will tell you that clearly. We will never suggest "redrawing the AI output by hand" as a way to gain protection - that's dishonest and may invalidate the registration.
Live trademark search is real or off
Every map runs a real similarity search against authoritative office data when our integrations are configured, and shows the actual hits with their reference numbers and statuses. When the live search is not available, the section is hidden or labeled disabled. We never simulate or invent results.
Similar marks are not a verdict
Even with live results, the section reports what already exists - never that a mark is available, registrable, or infringing. Those determinations are for a qualified attorney, working with a full clearance search of more than just name matches.
We never let the model invent links
When the map cites a source, the model only picks from a hand-curated whitelist of authoritative IP offices. URLs are rendered from that whitelist in code; the AI never authors a link, a domain, or an office name in any field. Anything outside the whitelist is dropped before it reaches you.
Each layer reports its own confidence
The model self-reports confidence per layer (high / medium / low). Anything tagged low-confidence is automatically demoted to grey ("tell us more") in the UI - we don't let shaky output show up as a confident determination.
Observations must be grounded in what you wrote
The prompt requires every asset and risk surfaced in the map to tie back to a specific span the user actually wrote. The model is forbidden from inferring nationality, business size, revenue, or contractual status. If signal is missing, the layer goes grey rather than guessing.
Recommendations are grounded in real IP law
Anchored in the major international agreements (TRIPS, Paris Convention, Berne Convention, Madrid Protocol, Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the broader WIPO framework) and in the national systems of the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom. Real principles only: no invented fees, no made-up deadlines, no fictional agencies, no fake statute citations.
The categories
Different things are protected differently.
The biggest gap for small creators is not knowing what kind of protection applies to what kind of asset. Havenmark IP tags every asset it spots in your description with the category most likely to apply.
- Trademark
Names, logos, and signs that identify a product or service in the market.A podcast name, a shop name, a logo on merch.
- Copyright
Original creative expression - text, images, music, video.Episode scripts, original illustrations, a song you wrote.
- Design right
The look and shape of a product - the visual design, not what it does.The signature shape of a ceramic mug, the silhouette of a clothing piece.
- Trade secret
Information that has commercial value precisely because it is kept confidential.A recipe, an ingredient ratio, a process you do not share publicly.
- Patent
New technical inventions, processes, or mechanisms with industrial application.A novel mechanism in a physical product, a new manufacturing process. Less common for purely creative work, but worth knowing about.
- Other rights
Categories outside the main five, often jurisdiction-specific.Publicity rights (your name and likeness in a deal), performers' and producers' rights in music, database rights.
Falling into a category does not mean protection automatically attaches. The map spells out the conditions an attorney would actually check for each asset.
Privacy
Nothing kept.
We don't collect emails
There are no email forms anywhere on this site. We are not building a list.
We don't store your description
Your project description is sent to the model for analysis, then discarded. We don't save it after the map is drawn.
We don't store your map
Your map exists only in your browser session. Reload and it's gone. Use the Share or Start Over buttons to keep working with it.
Who it’s for
Built for creators who feel intimidated by IP.
Indie artists, podcasters, sticker shops, illustrators, musicians, small fashion brands, social media creators and influencers, indie game devs, zine creators, newsletter writers, and any SME or small online business making something original. If you’ve ever Googled“can someone steal my idea” and felt worse afterward, this is for you.
Ready when you are