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To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
Use this form to file your application to register an International Registration governed exclusively by the Madrid Protocol
Use this form to request a certified copy of a UK trade mark.
Apply for an extension to oppose a trade mark application beyond the initial 2-month opposition time - also known as a notice of threatened opposition
Invalidation is the legal procedure which allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from our register as if it had never been registered
Revocation is the legal procedure that allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from the UK register.
Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.
Search decisions from UK trade mark hearings
Get certified or uncertified copies of your patent, trade mark or design registration documents to prove that you have intellectual property rights.
Use this form to apply to rectify the register for registered trade marks only
In order to better understand the process of applying for a trade mark, we recommend you view the trade mark timeline.
List of trade mark forms and fees.
What collective and certification trade marks are and when they apply.
The manual of trade marks practice sets out guidance on the Intellectual Property Office work practices.
Depending on the objection raised in your examination, you have 2 months to respond through a number of options.
Use this form to request to restore a trade mark within 6 months of the date that it was removed from the register.
Use this form to give up all of your rights in a trade mark registration.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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