Statutory guidance

Directions under section 66 of the Trade Marks Act 1994

Published 31 March 2026

Changes to the fee-bearing trade marks forms to show the fees payable from 1 April 2026.

1. The registrar has made these Directions under section 66 of the Trade Marks Act 1994.

2. These Directions set out changes to the below Trade Marks Forms whose use is required by rules.

3. These Directions come into force on 1 April 2026.

4. The following forms are set out in the Schedule to these Directions and are forms which are required by the Trade Marks Rules 2008 (SI 2008/1797) as amended.

• Trade Marks Form TM3 (Application to register a trade mark)
• Trade Marks Form TM3A (Application to transfer incorrectly classified goods or services to the appropriate class prior to registration)
• Trade Marks Form TM5 (Request for a statement of reasons for registrar’s decision)
• Trade Marks Form TM7 (Notice of opposition and statement of grounds)
• Trade Marks Form TM7F (Notice of FAST TRACK opposition and statement of grounds)
• Trade Marks Form TM7G (Request to add grounds to a notice of opposition)
• Trade Marks Form TM9 (Extension of time to respond to deadlines, set by tribunals, before the deadline has expired)
• Trade Marks Form TM9R (Request to extend a time period, set by examination or tribunals, if you have missed the deadline)
• Trade Marks Form TM11 (Renewal of trade mark registration)
• Trade Marks Form TM12 (Request to divide an application)
• Trade Marks Form TM13 (Request to restore and renew a registration)
• Trade Marks Form TM16 (Application to record a change of ownership)
• Trade Marks Form TM16P (Application to record a partial assignment of goods and/or services)
• Trade Marks Form TM24 (Application to record or amend a security interest)
• Trade Marks Form TM24C (Application to cancel a security interest)
• Trade Marks Form TM26(I) (Application to declare invalid a registration or a protected international trade mark (UK))
• Trade Marks Form TM26(N) (Application to revoke a registration or a protected international trade mark (UK) for reasons of non-use)
• Trade Marks Form TM26(O) (Application to revoke a registration or a protected international trade mark (UK) for reasons other than non-use)
• Trade Marks Form TM31C (Request for information about events relating to a UK trade mark)
• Trade Marks Form TM31M (Request for information about events relating to an International Registration covering the UK)
• Trade Marks Form TM31R (Request for a certified copy)
• Trade Marks Form TM35 (Regulations governing the use of certification or collective marks)
• Trade Marks Form TM36 (Application to amend the regulations governing the use of certification or collective marks)
• Trade Marks Form TM50 (Application to record a licensee)
• Trade Marks Form TM51 (Application to remove or amend the recordal of a licence)
• Trade Marks Form TM55P (Notice of Appeal to the Appointed Person)

5. Trade Marks Forms TM12, TM16, TM24C and TM31R, as so set out, replace the corresponding forms in the Schedule to the Directions made on 6 March 2025 (which came into force on 7 April 2025). The Directions made on 6 March 2025 are, to that extent, revoked.

6. Trade Mark Forms: TM3, TM3A, TM5, TM7, TM7F, TM7G, TM9, TM9R, TM11, TM13, TM16P, TM24, TM26(I), TM26(N), TM26(O), TM31C, TM31M, TM35, TM36, TM50, TM51 and TM55P, as so set out, replace the corresponding forms in the Schedule to the Directions made on 25 April 2023 (which came into force on 26 April 2023). The Directions made on 25 April 2023 are, to that extent, revoked.

Simon Haikney
Acting on behalf of the Comptroller
18 March 2026