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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…
Finding the right advice and advisor is the first step in making the best decisions for your invention or business.
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.
The trade mark guide: A handbook for analysing and interpreting trade mark data.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Around 40% of series applications don’t meet the requirements. We recommend you read this guide if you are considering making a series application.
Use this service to find goods and services that would be acceptable as part of a UK trade mark application.
How to object and challenge someone else's trade mark and details of any legal costs involved.
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.
What to do if you think someone's used your intellectual property without permission - types of intellectual property abuse, help resolving disputes and further legal action you can take.
To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Section last updated: January 2021.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Section last updated: July 2023.
Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
Section last updated: August 2022.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
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