Owner review 17 — rulings (2026-10-13)

Status: Active · Date: 2026-10-13 · Answers the owner's six words: "How about 모꼬지? 안다미로?" "We can run mokoji for English and 모꼬지 for Korean", and "Or 난장, 두레, 품앗이, 또래". Evidence: 모꼬지 and 안다미로, 난장, 두레, 품앗이 and 또래. Companion: review-16 rulings.

Each word was cleared on:

• Trademarks: KIPRIS, the USPTO and TMview, in classes 9, 35, 41 and 42 (plus 28 for 안다미로).
• The app stores: App Store US, KR and JP; Google Play.
• Domains and handles.
• Meaning.

Verdicts

Word	Verdict	Why
또래 (Ttorae)	Usable with conditions	No live identical mark in Korea, the US or the EU; no app of that name; every address is free, ttorae.com included; @ttoraeapp is free. Conditions: a 변리사 checks it by sound against 또래오래 (a fried-chicken chain, famous in Korea) and the 또래 compound marks in classes 41 and 45; keep "same-age matching" out of the store line, where the word would turn descriptive; and the tense ㄸ and "ae" make the Latin spelling hard for foreigners
난장 (Nanjang)	Usable with conditions	No live identical mark in our classes; .app, .io, .co and getnanjang.com free; @nanjangapp free. But Koreans hear 난장판 ("chaos") first, and the dictionary also lists a historical flogging sense
품앗이 (Pumasi)	Risky	An identical Korean mark was filed on 2025-07-02 for a messaging app (class 38) and is pending. Small apps of that name exist. It is the standard word for mutual aid, so it is weak for community services
모꼬지 (Mokoji)	Blocked in Korea	Identical marks were filed in 2026 in classes 9, 35 (FINGATE) and 41 (이영진), and a registered 모꼬지 covers online communities. Three 2026 gathering apps on the Korean App Store already carry the name. Mokoji itself is open in the US and EU, but Korea is the home market
안다미로 (Andamiro)	Blocked	Andamiro Co., Ltd., the arcade maker of Pump It Up, holds class 9 marks in Korea, the EU, the UK, the US, China and more. NHN holds an identical EU mark, and a study café holds class 41 with a live app
두레 (Dure, Doore)	Blocked	Live 두레 (DOORE) and DURE marks in classes 35, 38 and 9, and a pending US DOORE filing for an app (2026). Dure apps already exist

The pattern: the community words you reached for are the ones Korean founders reach for too. 모꼬지, 두레 and 품앗이 are each already filed for apps or services in the last two years. 또래 is the exception.

My read

• 또래 is the one of your six to take forward. It is the only one with clear registers, a free .com and no app in the way. The 또래오래 check is the one real question, and it is a 변리사 question.
• The Latin spelling is a taste call.
  • Ttorae is the official romanisation, and all its addresses are free. Foreigners will hesitate over the double T and "ae".
  • A friendlier respelling, in the Mokoji way, would need its own check.
• Across all rounds:
  • Dadok (다독) and Bangsil (방실) are still the cleanest names: clear everywhere, with no tense consonant and no hard vowel.
  • 또래 brings the community meaning those two lack.

On the board

"Name candidates" shows, in order:

• your two usable words (Ttorae, Nanjang);
• Bangsil;
• Dadok, Pallang and Dorang;
• Homil;
• TwoMore.

Open for you

1. Which name? 또래, Dadok or Bangsil (my three), or another on the board.
2. For 또래: the Latin spelling, Ttorae or a respelling (which we would check).
3. For the pick: a 변리사 clearance (for 또래, the 또래오래 sound check), then register the address and handles.