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Trade mark forms and fees
Search for a trade mark

Introduction to trade marks

Intellectual property and your work
Unacceptable trade marks
Using somebody else's intellectual property
IP for business: events, guidance, tools and case studies
IP in education
Seeking intellectual property advice
Why you should use an IP attorney

Apply for a trade mark

How to classify trade marks
Apply to register a trade mark
Searching for similar trade mark goods/services in other classes
Trade mark series applications
Collective and certification trade marks
Process for applying to register for a trade mark

Search services

Search for a trade mark
Check the trade marks journal
Search trade mark decisions
Track a trade mark

Forms and fees

Trade mark forms and fees
Intellectual Property Office fee sheets
How to file documents with the Intellectual Property Office
Intellectual Property Office: how to pay us

Managing trade marks

Update or surrender your registered trade marks
Renew your trade mark
Get copies of patent, trade mark or design registration documents
License, mortgage, transfer, merge and market your trade mark
Correct a trade mark application: witness statement
Trade marks: earlier rights
Trade marks: rectification
Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders
Warning: misleading invoices

Objecting, challenging and resolving trade marks disputes

Defend your intellectual property
Intellectual property crime and infringement
Valuing your intellectual property
Objecting to other peoples trade marks and the legal costs
Intellectual property mediation
Trade mark disputes resolution: hearings
Options following an objection to a trade mark examination
Trade marks: revocation
Trade marks: invalidation
Trade marks: fast track opposition
Evidence of use: witness statement
Statement of use: witness statement
Coexistence agreement
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Trade mark protection abroad

IP protection abroad: country guides
Protecting your UK intellectual property abroad
Extension of UK intellectual property rights abroad

Law and practice

Trade Marks Act 1994
Trade Marks Rules
Intellectual property offences
Manual of trade marks practice
References to the Court of Justice of the European Union
Tribunal practice notices
Practice Amendment Notices (PAN)
Trade mark convergence programme: common practice notices
Retention and disposal policy for patent and trade mark related records
Search trade mark decisions
Trade marks tribunal: glossary of terms

Research

Intellectual property research: Trade marks and brands
Intellectual property research: IP in general

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