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Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
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…
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.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
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.
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
Around 40% of series applications don’t meet the requirements. We recommend you read this guide if you are considering making a series application.
Change official details about trademarks in the trade mark register with no cost or charge - find forms, correct mistakes, appoint a representative, surrender your rights to a trade mark
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.
Guidance for businesses and organisations on the relationship between trade marks and geographical indications (GIs) at the end of the transition period.
Includes registering, protecting and applying for designs and patents
Use this form to file your application to register an International Registration governed exclusively by the Madrid Protocol
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.
How to object and challenge someone else's trade mark and details of any legal costs involved.
Use this form to renew your trade mark registration.
Renew a trade mark, including late renewals and restoring a trade mark
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
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.
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