RiskMark AI Cuts Trademark Research to Minutes, Backed by 172.5M Records

For trademark lawyers, the likelihood-of-confusion analysis is a critical but painstaking task that often involves sifting through millions of records manually. RiskMark, now recognized with a prestigious CODiE Award, promises to reshape that workflow by delivering data-driven conflict assessments in minutes, allowing attorneys to advise clients faster and with greater confidence.

Clarivate Plc’s RiskMark, an AI-powered trademark risk assessment tool, has won the 2026 CODiE Award for Best AI Tool for Lawyers. According to Clarivate’s July 20 press release, the award recognizes software that significantly enhances the accuracy, efficiency, and capabilities of legal professionals through advanced AI. RiskMark was selected by an expert panel for its ability to transform the likelihood-of-confusion analysis, one of the most time-consuming tasks in trademark practice. The win follows an earlier recognition in 2025, when the product was named LegalTech Predictive AI Solution of the Year by the LegalTech Breakthrough Awards.

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RiskMark’s recognition may help drive adoption in a legal tech market that, according to various analysts, is projected to grow at a compound annual rate above 20% through the end of the decade.

RiskMark was launched in 2025 as part of Clarivate’s brand intellectual property portfolio. It combines predictive AI, which surfaces conflicts grounded in legal precedent, with generative AI that drafts legally reasoned arguments. The tool draws on a massive data foundation: 172.5 million trademark records spanning 188 jurisdictions and over five million court and administrative decisions. Within a single workflow, lawyers can assess similarity risks across visual, phonetic, semantic, and goods/services dimensions, and generate draft responses in minutes—tasks that previously required hours of manual research. François Neuville, SVP of Brand IP at Clarivate, stated that the tool was designed to address the growing complexity trademark professionals face, including evolving case law and exploding data volumes.

The award validates RiskMark’s evidence-based approach. By embedding predictive signals derived from historical outcomes, it aims to reduce the subjectivity traditionally associated with likelihood-of-confusion determinations. The generative AI component then produces principle-based drafts that attorneys can adapt, potentially shortening the time from initial search to final opinion or office action response. For IP law firms and corporate legal departments managing global portfolios, this acceleration could mean significant cost savings and stronger outcomes for clients.

From a market perspective, the CODiE win reinforces Clarivate’s positioning as a leader in AI-enhanced legal intelligence. The company, which trades on NYSE under ticker CLVT, has been expanding its SaaS-based offerings for legal, intellectual property, and innovation professionals. RiskMark’s recognition may help drive adoption in a legal tech market that, according to various analysts, is projected to grow at a compound annual rate above 20% through the end of the decade. Competitors in AI trademark tools, such as Corsearch’s TrademarkNow and CompuMark (owned by Clarivate itself, though RiskMark is a distinct product), also offer algorithmic conflict analysis, but the integration of predictive and generative AI in a single solution may differentiate RiskMark.