Filing plan:

1. Start with a Free TM Search. We will check if there are any obvious conflicts. You will know if it's worth moving forward with the mark.

2. Attorney's opinion (a.k.a. Study) In some cases we may recommend asking our attorney to review the case and prepare a detailed registration report. That's an optional non-obligatory service.

3. Request registration. The process is completely online and we'll request your mark within 3-5 days and you will get a filing confirmation.

Our legal team will file your trademark within a day. You’ll get an approval report or an objection letter (an ‘examination report’) within 20 days and you will have 2 months to resolve any problems, in some cases we can solve the issues free of charge. If the examiner has no objections your application will be published in the trade marks journal for 2 months, during which time anyone can oppose it. The trademark will be registered within 2 months after this.

The UK is a member of the WIPO Madrid Protocol and was a member of the European Union. A registration provides protection for the trademark in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and automatically extends to the British Indian Ocean Territory, the Falkland Islands, and the Isle of Man.

Common law rights are difficult and expensive to enforce; therefore, it is advisable to register your brand in the United Kingdom. Brands are registered for periods of 10 years and the process in the UK is quite straightforward, only 20% of all applications are objected and most of the are overcome without any extra costs from applicants.

💵 UK Trademark Registration Cost

The official fee for filing a trademark application in the UK is GBP 200 for one class and GBP 50 for each additional class. It's included in our listed price.

Applications made through the online application form (e-TM3), which include the full payment at the time of filing, will qualify for a discount of GBP 30 of the total cost

There is no official registration or publication fee

Please note, that a UK trademark can be used in the Amazon Brand Register on Amazon.co.uk

➡️ UK Trademark Registration Procedure, Requirements 

1. Name of the applicant
2. Address of the applicant
3. Description of products/services the applicant commercializes
4. Name of the trademark or/and the logo

* Non-substantial - correct description, respond to simple request of the Office, explain the owner type, replace non-acceptable products/services.

** Substantial - objections against descriptive, generic, misleading marks, or non-registrable marks.

1. Do not let anyone register your brand and start using it as their own. When they own the brand, they can even sue you!

2. Prevent others from scaring away your loyal clients.

3. Create a franchise and conquer foreign markets. Selling abroad is impossible without securing a trademark there first. Otherwise, it’s like leaving the door open for trouble.

4. Bring your business to a new level and make it more respectable. Owning an ® is a sign of success! What unites all Fortune 500 companies is that they all own a number of types of Intellectual Property. Trademarks are the very foundation of their success.

5. Protect your money from patent-trolls. There are a number of companies that want to steal your mark without any intention of using it and become a nuisance right when you think that things are going the right way.

You can register a trademark in the UK to protect your brand, e.g. the name of your product or service. The UK is a "first to use" country; however, we recommend registering your trademark to avoid any possible infringement of others' rights.

A trademark is renewable for a period of 10 years and valid from the filing date.

A mark can be renewed within 6 months before the expiration of the current trademark registration.

 📅  Deadline for Renewal Calculation:

Filing date: 01.09.2019

Registration date: 01.09.2021

Expiration date: 01.09.2029

The earliest date for filing a renewal: 01.03.2029

Grace period starts and ends: 01.09.2029-01.03.2030

Please be informed that the dates are determined to the best of our knowledge and we take no responsibility if the calculations are incorrect. We recommend that you contact us with an actual case in order to determine the renewal date with the highest accuracy possible.

Trademark renewal price

The price is 489$ for one class. The government fee is included in the price. 

Trademark renewal process

Please contact us using the following form in order to request a trademark renewal. The process is rather simple, our attorney will become your representative and will pay the renewal fee. 

Additional documents are not required, we will require only the trademark registration number to identify the registration to be renewed correctly.

The process takes approximately 1-3 days, and a Renewal Certificate is issued.

What if the deadline is missed?

After the expiration date a grace period of 6 months is provided to the registrant to renew the trademark paying an extra fee.

After the end of the grace period the mark expires without any ways of restoration, a new mark must be filed. 

United Kingdom Trademark Office

Address: Concept House, Cardiff Rd, Duffryn, Newport NP10 8QQ
Telephone: +44 (0) 1633 814000

Outside UK 0300 300 2000 Enquiries