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Trade Mark Monitoring

TRADE MARK

Why register your trademark?

Without registration you risk:

  • Loss of legal protection – competitors can use similar branding

  • Losing your brand – someone else could register it first

  • Problems with platforms like Amazon, eBay, Shopify – you can’t report counterfeits

Main benefits:

  • Full legal protection for name, logo, slogan

  • Right to take legal action against infringement

  • Increases brand value (licensing/selling possible)

  • Stronger position against counterfeits

Trademark Monitoring – UK
(Journal Watch)

A weekly watch of the UKIPO Trade Marks Journal to catch new filings that may conflict with your brand. This is a registration-stage monitoring service, not a market/online use scan.

Who is it for?

  • Owners of registered UK trademarks, and

  • Businesses using a name not yet registered (shop/brand/service/personal brand) who want to stop others from registering something confusingly similar.

Why it matters?

  • The UKIPO does not notify you about similar applications.

  • You have only 2 months from publication to file an opposition. If you miss it, the competing mark is likely registered and recovery becomes costly (e.g., passing off).

Scope (included):

  • Weekly review of the UKIPO Trade Marks Journal.

  • Screening for visual, phonetic and semantic similarities in relevant classes.

  • Immediate email alerts when a potential conflict appears (+ monthly PDF summary).

  • Recommendation on next steps.

  • Drafting and filing an opposition + full representation before UKIPO through the opposition phase.
    Client pays only the official UKIPO opposition fee: £200 (first class) + £50 (each additional class).

Out of scope (not included):

Monitoring of marketplace or web use (Amazon/eBay/social media/websites) — available as a separate enforcement/investigation service on request.

Monitoring Scope
1 Trademark
2–12 Trademarks
13–23 Trademarks
24+ Trademarks
UK Monitoring
£190/year
or £20/month
£140/trademark/year
or £15/trademark/month
£110/trademark/year
or £11/trademark/month
Individual quote
EU Monitoring
£260/year
or £25/month
£180/trademark/year
or £19/trademark/month
£140/trademark/year
or £13/trademark/month
Individual quote
UK + EU Monitoring
£360/year
or £28/month
£255/trademark/year
or £23/trademark/month
£200/trademark/year
or £19/trademark/month
Individual quote
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