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Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol
You can register your trade mark to protect your brand, for example the…
Before you apply for a trade mark you need to: decide which general…
To apply you’ll need: details of what you want to register, for example…
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application and…
Your trade mark will be registered around 10 weeks (2 months, plus 2…
When applying to register a trade mark, you must use the classification system to specify the goods and/or services you'll be using it on.
Use this form if you are limiting or removing the goods and services from your trade mark application
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Sign up for alerts about applications for UK trade marks or international registrations
Use this form to file your application to register a trade mark.
This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.
Use this service to find goods and services that would be acceptable as part of a UK trade mark application.
How to renew your patents, trade marks or registered designs: when to renew, how to renew online or renew and restore by post, how much it costs.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
When we search for earlier trade marks we only look in classes containing the same or similar goods or services to your application.
To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Guidance on how to register, manage and enforce a trade mark. A trade mark protects your brand, for example the name of your product or service.
The UK Government has launched a second consultation on proposed changes to allow the Intellectual Property Office to deliver better digital services.
Renew a trade mark, including late renewals and restoring a trade mark
How to object and challenge someone else's trade mark and details of any legal costs involved.
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
Opposition is the legal procedure that allows you to try to stop a published trade mark going on to become registered.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
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