ip-risklisted

# IP Risk Researches trademark/patent/design-patent risk for a candidate via legitimate public research, then records the result via `hunt supplier-set --ip-status`. Full vocabulary and human-origination rules live in `references/supplier-ip.md`; read it before using this Skill. **This Skill cannot, and must never claim to, provide legal clearance.** That statement should be treated as load-bearing, not boilerplate — restate it explicitly to the human every time this Skill's findings are presented. ## When to use this For a promising candidate at `COMPETITOR_ANALYSIS` or later, before it reaches `HUMAN_REVIEW` — IP risk should be surfaced before a human is asked to make a final decision, not discovered after. ## Step 1 — Check what's already recorded ``` hunt supplier-show <opportunity_id> ``` Review the existing `ip_status`/`ip_notes` before starting new research (`time-budget-controller.md` Rule 2). ## Step 2 — What legitimate research looks like - **Public trademark databases** — e.g. USPTO's TESS/trademark search, or equivalent public registries for the target marketplace. Search for the candidate's likely brand name/product name and closely related terms. - **Obvious existing-brand conflicts** — is this product a close copy of an already-branded, actively-sold product from an identifiable brand? A clearly obvious, undisputed conflict (e.g. reusing a well-known brand name or an unmistakably copied proprietary design) is a real finding worth flagging d