Owner review 20 — rulings (2026-10-14)

Status: Active · Date: 2026-10-14 · Answers: "Let's expand our search to three-syllable names". Evidence:

• stage 1;
• trademarks;
• domains and handles;
• meaning.

The lead also re-ran the KIPRIS searches for 다붓이, 다붓, 다달이, 갈바람, 오붓이 and 나란히, and the RDAP checks for Dabusi and Obusi. Companion: review-19 rulings.

What the round did

• Typed 746 three-syllable strings; 361 are 표준국어대사전 headwords.
• Applied the shape rule: 283 pass, 139 of them dictionary words. Most native gathering and encouragement words use eo, eu or ui (어울림, 북돋움 …), which is why so few survive.
• Screened for meaning, the stores and famous names: 30 survivors.
• Cleared all 30 on trademarks (KIPRIS, the USPTO and TMview; none refused), domains and handles, and meaning: 18 pass.

Cut on trademarks:

• 신바람 (Samsung Electronics);
• 홀가분 (Samsung Card);
• 모닥불 (an identical mark in class 42);
• 소나기 (classes 41 and 9);
• 사부작 (three pending applications from 2026).

Cut on meaning: 무지개, a loaded symbol, and English readers see "gay" in "gae".

Cut on the web: 나날이 (its .app is taken, and so are its handles).

Weak, though they pass:

• the rain and snow words (비바람, 가랑비, 눈보라): weather that cancels tennis;
• 다달이: "monthly", which describes the dues feature;
• 도타이: reads as "Dot AI", and Japanese for "torso";
• 물소리, 모퉁이 and the wind words: pleasant but generic.

The three-syllable names that fit the brand

Rank	Name	Meaning	Trademarks	Web	Watch for
1	Dabusi (다붓이)	Close together, snug and quiet (다붓하다: 매우 가깝게 붙어 있다; 조용하고 호젓하다 — gloss corrected in review 21)	Clear in Korea, the US and the EU. KIPRIS has no 다붓이; the stem 다붓 appears only on a pending bag mark (class 18)	.app, .io, .co, .kr, .co.kr and getdabusi.com free; the .com is a live site of a Chinese server vendor; @dabusiapp free, and bare @dabusi on X	A rare word: many Koreans know its cousin 오붓이 better
2	Obusi (오붓이)	Cosy and close, as in 오붓한 모임	With conditions: an identical Latin Obusi is pending in Korea (2026, class 35 online retail). The Hangul is clear in our classes	.app, .io, .co and .kr free; the .com is GoDaddy-parked; @obusiapp free	Obut, the boules brand, is a mild echo
3	Narani (나란히)	Side by side: a doubles pair	With conditions: 옆으로나란히 is registered for smartphone apps (class 9)	.app, .io and .co free; @naraniapp free	The class-9 compound is a real question
—	Dalmaji (달맞이)	Going out together to greet the moon	No live mark in our classes; some compounds in 35	.app, .io and .co free; the .com is for sale	Also a Busan café street; a phrasebook app (1K+ installs)

Also usable: Doldari (돌다리, a stone bridge), Olgodi (올곧이, upright), Najigi (나직이, quietly), Silbaram (실바람, a light breeze: clear) and the other wind words. They fit the brand less closely.

My read across all rounds

The two leads are now:

• Tadok / 타독: a coined cousin of 다독, the pat of encouragement. Clear in Korea; the one open question is TADOKE in class 9 abroad.
• Dabusi / 다붓이: "close together", the club itself. Clear in all three registers, with every address but the .com free.

Obusi is the warmer, better-known word, but it needs the class-35 question answered.

Open for you

1. Tadok / 타독 or Dabusi / 다붓이, or another on the board?
2. For the pick: a 변리사 clearance (sound-alikes, all KIPRIS rows), then register the addresses and the app handles.