Guidance and regulation

Use this service to find goods and services that would be acceptable as part of a UK trade mark application.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 9 April 2024

List of trade mark forms and fees.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 21 March 2024

• Trade mark forms and fees

  1. Apply for a trade mark Apply for a UK trade mark online or to designate…

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.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 21 December 2021

When we search for earlier trade marks we only look in classes containing the same or similar goods or services to your application.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 26 July 2019

In order to better understand the process of applying for a trade mark, we recommend you view the trade mark timeline.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 22 February 2022

How to object and challenge someone else's trade mark and details of any legal costs involved.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 5 October 2015

The Lambert toolkit is for universities and companies that wish to undertake collaborative research projects with each other.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 5 January 2022

The manual of trade marks practice sets out guidance on the Intellectual Property Office work practices.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 14 January 2019

Around 40% of series applications don’t meet the requirements. We recommend you read this guide if you are considering making a series application.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 25 October 2018

To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 19 December 2023

The Trade Marks Act 1994 make up part of the trade mark legislation in the UK.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 24 February 2023

Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 16 May 2014

Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.

• From: Government Digital Service and 1 others
• Updated: 30 January 2020

This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.

• From: Government Digital Service and 1 others
• Updated: 1 September 2023

Information on paying by card, cheque, bank transfer or deposit account.

• From: Company Names Tribunal and 1 others
• Updated: 9 April 2024

The Trade Marks Rules 2008 set out the detailed procedures under the Trade Marks Act 1994, and came into force on 1 October 2008.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 2 February 2021

We have a number of options for you to submit your documents at our Newport and London Offices.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 1 July 2022

Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 22 February 2016

Learn how to identify misleading invoices and what you should do if you receive one.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 18 April 2023

Details on how to file evidence regarding your trade mark or during tribunal proceedings.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 8 November 2019