SoFinder trademark release gate

This is an engineering release gate, not legal advice. Before publishing a tag, record dated searches for SoFinder, SO FINDER and confusingly similar names in WIPO Global Brand Database, CNIPA, USPTO and EUIPO. Review Nice classes 9 and 42 first, with secondary checks of 35 and 38. Also check GitHub, Packagist, npm and sustained commercial use in file-management or SaaS.

A live or pending similar mark, or established commercial use, in software, file management, SaaS or online-service fields is a blocking conflict. In that case do not rename automatically and do not publish: retain the evidence and ask the project owner to choose a name. Unrelated appliance or machinery marks are recorded but do not automatically block release.

2026-08-22 preliminary check

• The intended Composer vendor/package was not present in the Packagist vendor listing checked during preparation.
• Preliminary web results showed unrelated appliance uses, with no confirmed blocking file-manager or SaaS mark.
• Formal registry searches and a legal review remain required before public commercial promotion. The package name remains sohophp/sofinder unless the blocking-conflict rule is triggered.

2026-08-22 beta.2 engineering recheck

• Exact-name web searches scoped to WIPO, USPTO, EUIPO and CNIPA did not expose a live or pending class 9, 35, 38 or 42 file-management/software mark.
• USPTO serial 97045626 uses SOFINDER for class 7 household cleaning and kitchen machinery. It is recorded as an unrelated goods category rather than a blocking software conflict.
• sofinder.me was found as a social-profile link application. No evidence of file-management use, a matching software trademark, or likely source confusion with this PHP/Symfony package was identified in this check.
• sohophp/sofinder and @sohophp/sofinder-ui were absent from the public Packagist and npm registry endpoints immediately before release.

No blocking conflict was confirmed under the engineering gate, so the project name is retained for the beta. This check is not a legal clearance opinion; formal registry review remains required before broader commercial promotion.

2026-08-24 beta.9 engineering recheck

• Exact-name searches were repeated against the public WIPO, USPTO, EUIPO and CNIPA search surfaces, with classes 9 and 42 treated as the primary risk.
• The searches did not surface a new file-management or SaaS result that changes the beta.2 assessment. USPTO serial 97045626 remains the known unrelated class 7 result recorded above.
• Public web and package-registry searches did not identify a newly established confusingly similar file-manager package or service requiring the release to stop.

No blocking conflict was identified by this engineering recheck, so beta.9 may retain the project name. Dynamic registry search interfaces can omit results from ordinary web indexing; this record is not a legal clearance opinion and does not replace a formal registry or counsel review before broader commercial promotion.

2026-08-25 beta.12 engineering recheck

• Exact-name searches scoped to the WIPO, USPTO, EUIPO and CNIPA public search surfaces did not return a class 9, 35, 38 or 42 file-management/software mark in indexed results.
• USPTO serial 97045626 remains an unrelated class 7 household-machinery filing; serial 97046433 is an unrelated class 11 appliance registration.
• sofinder.me remains a social-profile link service. A recent automotive promotion uses “SOFINDER” as a vehicle-matching feature, but no file-management product, PHP package or developer-tool source confusion was identified.
• Public GitHub, Packagist and npm searches did not identify another file-manager package using the intended sohophp/sofinder or @sohophp/sofinder-ui identities before the release check.

No blocking software/file-management conflict was identified by this engineering recheck, so beta.12 retains the name. Dynamic registry interfaces and ordinary indexing are incomplete; this is not a legal clearance opinion.

2026-08-25 beta.13 engineering recheck

• Exact-name indexed searches scoped to the WIPO, USPTO, EUIPO and CNIPA public surfaces did not expose a class 9, 35, 38 or 42 file-management/software mark that changes the beta.12 assessment.
• USPTO serials 97045626 and 97046433 remain the known unrelated class 7 household-machinery and class 11 appliance records.
• sofinder.me remains a social-profile link service, while the recent automotive “Sofinder” feature remains unrelated to PHP, developer tooling or file management.
• GitHub and Packagist identify this project at sohophp/sofinder; Packagist listed releases through beta.12 immediately before this release. The @sohophp/sofinder-ui npm endpoint remained unclaimed/private (HTTP 404).

No blocking software/file-management conflict was identified by this engineering recheck, so beta.13 retains the name. Dynamic registry interfaces and ordinary indexing are incomplete; this is not a legal clearance opinion.

2026-08-26 beta.14 engineering delta check

• This patch release changes filesystem permission handling and does not change the project name, package identity, positioning or visual branding.
• GitHub still identifies the canonical project as sohophp/sofinder; Packagist listed the immutable releases through beta.13 immediately before publication.
• The @sohophp/sofinder-ui npm registry endpoint still returned HTTP 404.

No new package-identity conflict was identified in this release delta check, so beta.14 retains the name. The limitations and non-legal nature of the beta.13 engineering recheck remain unchanged.

2026-08-26 beta.16 engineering recheck

• Exact-name indexed searches scoped to the WIPO, USPTO, EUIPO and CNIPA public surfaces did not expose a class 9, 35, 38 or 42 file-management or software mark that changes the previous assessment.
• USPTO serials 97045626 and 97046433 remain the known unrelated household machinery and appliance records. sofinder.me remains a social-profile link service, and the automotive “Sofinder” feature remains outside file management and developer tooling.
• GitHub continues to identify this repository as sohophp/sofinder. The @sohophp/sofinder-ui npm endpoint returned HTTP 404 immediately before this release. Packagist's live API was temporarily unavailable during the check; its indexed vendor listing did not expose a conflicting package identity.

No blocking software/file-management conflict was identified by this engineering recheck, so beta.16 retains the name. Dynamic registry interfaces and ordinary indexing are incomplete; this is not a legal clearance opinion.

2026-08-28 beta.24 engineering delta check

• This release extends asset discovery, metadata, usage tracking and private delivery without changing the project name, package identities, positioning or visual branding.
• GitHub continues to identify the canonical public repository as sohophp/sofinder; Packagist lists this same repository through beta.23.
• The @sohophp/sofinder-ui npm registry endpoint returned HTTP 404 immediately before publication and is not published by this release.

No new package-identity conflict was identified in this release delta check, so beta.24 retains the name. The limitations and non-legal nature of the earlier engineering rechecks remain unchanged.